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CHAS.  HENDERSON 
Governor 

THE  ALABAMA  IDEA 


W.  L.  LANCASTER 
State  Treasurer 


In  establishing  the  Alabama  Idea  as  a concrete 
force  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  State,  we  have 
sought  to  follow  the  best  practices  now  accepted 
as  standard  among  the  leading  commercial  organ- 
izations of  the  country.  We  expect  to  combine 
complete  efficiency  with  the  sincerity  of  purpose 
that  should  adhere  to  the  high  office  it  is  our  priv- 
ilege to  hold  in  the  great  State  of  Alabama. 

CHAS.  HENDERSON,  Governor  W.  L.  LANCASTER,  State  Treasurer 
J.  A.  WADE,  Com.  Agriculture  and  Industries 
EMMET  A.  JONES,  Chief  Immigration  and  Markets' Bureau 


EMMET  A.  JONES 

Chief  of  Immigration  and  Markets  Bureau 


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JAMES  A.  WADE 

Commissioner  of  Agriculture  and  Industries 


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State  of  Alabama 

department  of  agriculture  and  industries 


JAMES  A.  WADE,  Commissioner 


IMMIGRATION  AND  MARKETS  BUREAU 


EMMET  A.  JONES,  Chief 


ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 


A DETAILED  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  AGRICULTURAL 
AND  BUSINESS  CONDITIONS  IN  THOSE  COUNTIES 
of  ALABAMA  THAT  HAVE  JOINED  TOGETHER 
IN  an  EARNEST  and  WELL  PLANNED  MOVE- 
MENT TO  STIMULATE,  DIRECT  AND 
MAINTAIN  THE  GROWTH  OF 
THE  STATE  IN  A MANNER 
PROPORTIONATE  TO 
HER  RESOURCES,  OP- 
PORTUNITIES AND 
ADVANTAGES 


COMPILED  AND  EDITED  BY 


LOWRY  W.  STATLER 


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STATE  CAPITOL 

MONTGOMERY,  ALABAMA 

1916 


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By  Charles  Henderson,  Governor  and  ex  officio  Chair 
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N PLANNING  the  publication  of  the  Alabama  Land 
Book,  the  Agricultural  Department  of  the  State  of 
Alabama  has  recognized  a number  of  fundamental 
factors,  among  the  more  important  of  which  may  be  men- 
tioned the  following: 


The  timely  opportunity  to  render  a most  valuable  service 
to  the  land  owners  and  agricultural  interests  of  the  State. 


The  well  known  need  of  an  efficient  means  of  co-operation 
between  all  sections  of  the  State, — a need  long  felt  by  those 
actively  interested  in  the  development  of  Alabama. 


The  need  of  a comprehensive  plan  of  publicity,  with  the 
necessary  follow-up  system,  by  which  the  man  with  money 
to  invest  may  be  reached  and  shown  his  opportunity  for 
profit. 

The  growth  of  our  national  export  business  in  general  and 
of  the  export  demand  for  Alabama  products  through  the 
State  Bureau  of  Markets  in  particular. 


The  need  of  an  educational  program  in  keeping  with  the 
importance  of  the  subject  and  capable  of  meeting  the  urgent 
call  for  accurate  and  reliable  information  regarding  Ala- 
bama lands  and  products. 

The  fact  that  the  problems  of  home-seeking,  land  owner- 
ship, employment  of  capital,  agricultural  development  and 
the  betterment  of  rural  life  are  now  before  the  public  mind 
and  pressing  for  solution. 

The  fact  that  diversification  of  crops  is  now  an  established 
policy  in  Alabama;  that  skilled  farmers  with  capital  are 
required  to  efface  the  old  one-crop  idea  and  realize  upon  our 
limitless  opportunity  for  progress  as  compared  with  less 
favored  sections. 


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ALABAMA, 

THE  KEY  TO  YOUR  OPPORTUNITY 

BY  THOMAS  M.  OWEN,  JR. 


INTRODUCTORY 

LABAMA,  first  on  the  list  of  states,  is  in- 
habited by  an  honest,  thrifty,  capable  and 
ambitious  people.  Since  her  admission  to 
the  Union,  in  1819,  the  interpretation  of 
“Alabama,”  a name  derived  from  the  In- 
dian language,  has  been  “Here  We  Rest.” 
But  we  have  not  rested.  By  perseverance 
and  natural  ability  our  citizenship  has  de- 
veloped a great  Commonwealth  possessed 
| not  only  of  good  homes,  good  schools,  good  churches, 
| good  farms,  and  good  industrial  and  commercial  enter- 
| prises,  but  of  a wholesome  civic  attitude  on  the  part  of  a 
| united  people  looking  forward  to  an  era  of  still  better 
| things. 

| In  presenting  this  Alabama  Land  Book  to  you  it  is  our 
| desire  that  you  should  know  the  natural  advantages  of 
| Alabama.  Something  of  her  resources,  railroads,  water- 
! ways,  water  power,  coal  and  iron  deposits,  climate,  labor, 
| education,  and  religion. 

I Here  in  Alabama  we  are  working  heart  to  heart,  and 
| hand  to  hand,  to  make  the  most  of  the  opportunities 
| which  are  daily  presented  to  us,  by  well  organized,  in- 
i telligent  and  constructive  modern  methods. 

§ The  Alabama  Land  Book  is  itself  an  expression  of  the 
| wonders  which  can  be  accomplished  by  co-operation  be- 
j tween  producer  and  consumer. 

VARIED  PRODUCTS 

g For  nearly  seventy  years,  the  principal  staple  crop  of 
| Alabama  was  cotton.  Several  years  since  the  State  be- 
ll gan  in  earnest  the  campaign  for  diversification  and  rota- 


tion of  crops,  which  had  been  preached  for  many  years.  1 
The  results  speak  only  too  well  for  what  determination  | 
and  co-operation  can  accomplish. 

Alabama  now  ranks  first  in  variety  of  products.  She  1 
heads  the  list  in  the  production  of  corn  per  acre,  the  1 
length  of  navigable  waterways,  the  amount  of  black  soil  | 
land,  the  amount  of  river  bottom  land,  and  is  prominent  1 
in  the  growth  of  citrus  fruits  and  produces  the  finest  | 
pecan  nuts  in  the  world. 

POPULATION 

The  total  population  of  Alabama  is  2,138,093.  During  I 
the  period  from  1900  to  1910  mafiy  counties  show  a de-  § 
crease  in  population.  This  is  due  to  the  emigration  of  | 
the  negroes  to  other  states.  The  total  number  of  dwell-  1 
ings  according  to  the  last  census  was  441,249,  and  the  | 
total  number  of  families  454,767,  indicating  that  in  very  I 
few  cases  does  more  than  one  family  occupy  a single  I 
dwelling. 

The  rank  of  Alabama  is  eighteenth  in  population  and  I 
twenty-seventh  in  land  area  among  the  states  and  terri-  I 
tories.  The  State  rises  from  tide  level  in  the  vicinity  of  | 
Mobile  to  elevations  of  1,800  feet  in  the  northern  counties  I 
of  the  State.  All  of  the  Southern  and  Western  portions  § 
of  the  State  lie  within  the  Gulf  Coastal  Plain.  The  East  | 
Central  portion  of  the  State  is  included  in  the  Piedmont  | 
Division,  while  the  Northern  and  Northeastern  portions  1 
consist  of  a series  of  mountain  elevations  with  included  I 
limestone  valleys.  Extreme  Northern  and  Northwestern  | 
Alabama  includes  also  a small  portion  of  the  Cumberland  | 
Plateau  and  Highland  Rim  region,  which  crosses  the  | 
State  line  into  Tennessee. 


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| There  was  an  increase  of  17.8  per  cent  in  the  number 
jj  of  farms  from  1900  to  1910,  showing  the  marked  ten- 
| dency  to  cut  up  the  large  plantations  into  smaller  tracts 
1 that  can  be  more  intensively  cultivated. 

3 The  census  of  1910  states  that  the  total  value  of  live 
| stock  on  farms,  including  domestic  animals,  poultry  and 
1 bees,  in  1910  was  $65,595,000,  of  which  domestic  animals 
1 contributed  $63,575,000.  The  value  of  cattle  represented 
I 20.5  per  cent  of  the  total  value  of  live  stock;  that  of 
I horses  and  mules,  69  per  cent;  that  of  swine,  6.6  per 
j cent;  that  of  sheep  and  lambs,  0.5  per  cent;  and  that  of 
| poultry,  2.8  per  cent,  the  other  classes  being  insignifi- 
| cant. 

| The  last  available  report  shows  that  the  butter  made 
| on  Alabama  farms,  was  valued  at  $5,658,000.  The  value 
1 of  the  eggs  produced  was  $3,762,000,  that  of  the  poultry 
| was  $3,168,000.  The  sale  of  cattle,  honey  and  wax  ag- 
1 gregated  $5,189,000,  $88,088,  and  $11,889,  respectively. 
| The  total  value  of  the  crops  was  in  round  numbers  $150,- 
I 000,000. 


ONE  OF  ALABAMA’S  CORN  DEMONSTRATION  FARMS. 


IRON  AND  STEEL 

Alabama  is  now  generally  regarded  as*  the  coming  cen-  1 
ter  of  the  iron  and  steel  business  in  America.  She  ranks  j 
first  in  the  production  of  brown  ore;  third  in  the  produc-  1 
tion  of  red  hematite;  and  third  in  the  total  production,  l 
She  is  third  in  the  production  of  coke,  fourth  in  that  of  I 
pig  iron,  fifth  in  production  of  coal,  and  fifth  in  the  man-  j 
ufacture  of  steel.  She  ranks  first  in  the  possession  of  all  i 
materials  required  in  the  making  of  iron  and  steel,  and  i 
has  since  1890  dictated  the  price  of  pig  iron  in  the  United  | 
States.  {ft 

COAL  FIELDS 

In  the  Birmingham  section  of  Alabama  can  be  found  | 
not  only  great  deposits  of  rich  iron  ore,  but  enormous  | 
beds  of  high  grade  bituminous  coal.  The  four  principal  j 
coal  fields  are  those  known  as  the  Black  Warrior,  Look-  | 
out  Mountain,  Coosa  and  Cahaba.  In  the  Ashland  | 
Plateau  are  mineral  riches  of  many  sorts  and  kinds — a | 
veritable  maze  of  natural  wealth  running  wild.  Alabama  | 
offers  many  inducements  to  those  desiring  to  invest  in  | 
coal  and  mineral  land. 


ALABAMA’S  GREATEST  ASSET. 


ADVANCED  LEGISLATION 

Our  lawmakers  have  enacted  legislation  looking  to- 
ward bettering  health  conditions,  food  and  water  inspec- 
tion, garbage  disposal,  workman’s  insurance  and  compen- 
sation laws,  and  removing  the  immoral  influences  of  the 
street.  Alabama  has  strict  liquor  and  drug  laws  and 
ranks  among  the  first  states  in  the  care  of  defective  and 
delinquent  classes. 

TRANSPORTATION 

Alabama  is  indeed  fortunate  in  that  she  has  fine  trans- 
portation facilities.  Our  rivers  are  navigable  for  a 
greater  distance  than  those  of  any  other  state  in  the 
Union.  Our  railroads  have  cheap  rates  for  the  transpor- 
tation of  produce  and  goods  from  the  producer  to  the 
buyer  and  ultimately  to  the  consumer.  Many  of  the 
roads  maintain  schools  for  the  education  of  the  labor 
which  will  ultimately  be  in  their  employ.  Hospitals, 
places  of  amusement,  Y.  M.  C.  A.’s,  and  the  like  are  sup- 
ported in  order  that  the  social  life  of  the  employees  shall 
not  be  dwarfed.  Workman’s  insurance  is  being  taken  out 
and  all  of  the  precautions  taken  that  are  possible,  be- 
cause the  railroads  have  come  to  realize  that  the  most 
important  thing  to  them  is  the  happiness  and  welfare  of 
those  they  employ. 


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TIMBER 

| Alabama  abounds  in  timber,  which  is  classified  as  fire- 
| wood,  fencing  material,  logs,  railroad  ties,  telegraph  and 
| telephone  poles,  materials  for  barrels,  bark,  naval  stores, 
| and  building  materials. 

WATER  POWER 

| One  of  Alabama’s  greatest  resources  is  its  unlimited 
I water  power,  conveniently  located  for  running  cotton 
| factories,  manufacturing  plants,  and  for  the  generation 
1 of  electricity  which  can  be  used  for  power  and  lighting. 

| To  improve  a river  or  system  of  rivers  by  conserving 
| the  flood  waters,  depends  not  only  on  the  possibility  of 
| an  economic  storage,  but  upon  the  advantage  and  profit- 
| ableness  with  which  the  water  so  stored  can  be  utilized. 

| The  Coosa-Alabama  river  system  is  admirably  adapted 
i to  make  a storage  system  of  this  kind  most  desirable  and 
| profitable.  Excellent  sites  at  which  great  reservoirs  can 
| be  economically  constructed,  are  found  on  the  Etowah, 
| Coosawatee,  Conasauga  and  Little  rivers,  all  tributaries 
| of  the  Coosa-Alabama,  and  the  Tallapoosa,  a tributary  of 
| the  lower  section  of  the  river.  The  Tallapoosa  reservoir 
| is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  country. 

| The  water  power  which  can  be  generated  will  more 
| than  pay  the  cost  of  construction.  Furthermore,  every 
| cubic  foot  of  water  that  is  discharged  through  the  tur- 
! bines  at  the  upper  reservoirs,  will  lend  equal  force  to  the 
| turning  of  additional  turbines  over  and  over  again  as  it 
| passes  each  water  power  development  on  the  rapids  of 
1 the  Coosa-Alabama  river  winding  its  way  to  the  Gulf. 
1 And  thus,  in  connection  with  the  water  from  the  great 
| storage  on  the  Tallapoosa,  will  aid  in  floating  boats  on 


this  splendid  stream,  laden  with  the  commerce  of  its  own  | 
creation. 

The  advantages  that  are  to  be  derived  by  joining  {he  j 
watershed  of  the  Tennessee,  with  its  vast  hydro-electric  | 
possibilities  and  the  watershed  of  the  Coosa-Alabama  | 
with  its  great  water  power  possibilities,  must  be  obvious  | 
to  every  one.  And  the  industrial  prosperity  which  will  | 
come  from  the  development  of  these  natural  resources  | 
will  be  shared  by  the  rural  population.  Cities  and  great  | 
industrial  centers  will  spring  up,  and  these  must  be  fed  | 
and  clothed  by  the  Alabama  farmer. 

LABOR  SUPPLY 

One  of  the  great  promises  of  Alabama’s  prosperity  in  | 
the  future  is  the  fact  that  she  has  a varied  industry.  It  j 
is  well  known  that  where  there  is  a varied  industry,  | 
there  also  exists  a market  for  its  products,  and  a field  of  | 
employment  for  surplus  labor.  Labor  in  Alabama  is  j 
cheap,  and  plentiful.  This  is  indeed  a great  asset  to  those  | 
who  need  the  efficient  and  skilled  workmen.  One  of  the  | 
reasons  why  Alabama’s  labor  is  cheap  and  efficient  is  our  | 
invigorating  climate.  It  is  seldom  too  hot  and  never  too  | 
cold.  There  is  something  in  the  atmosphere  which  is  | 
life-giving  and  which  enables  us  to  aspire  and  to  achieve  1 
great  and  good  things.  This  variety  of  crops  and  indus-  | 
tries  enables  the  farmer  and  manufacturer  to  secure  the  | 
services  of  all  classes  of  labor  at  times  when  most  ur-  | 
gently  needed. 

SOILS 

Besides  being  in  the  lead  in  the  number  of  varied  in-  | 
dustries,  Alabama  ranks  first,  as  stated  above,  in  the  j 
amount  of  black  soil  land,  the  amount  of  river  land,  and  | 
first  in  the  productivity  and  fertility  of  soil. 


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| The  following  is  a list  of  Alabama  soils:  Sandy  loam; 
| sandy  soil  with  clay  subsoil;  sandy;  sandy  upland  with 
| clay  subsoil;  black  soil  with  red  clay  subsoil;  hammock 
| land;  black  soil;  gray  sandy;  Greenville  sandy  loam; 
1 sandy  loam  with  clay  subsoil;  medium  loam  with  yellow 
| clay  subsoil;  gray  sandy  soil  with  red  subsoil;  black  loam 
| soil  with  yellow  clay  subsoil;  black  sandy  loam  lime  land, 
| with  red  subsoil;  alluvial  land;  sandy  gravelly  loam; 
1 snuff  colored  soil;  dark  gravelly  soil;  pine  and  oak  sandy 
| land,  with  red  clay  subsoil;  and  red  loam. 

| Alabama  land  is  well  adapted  to  the  growth  of  Bur 
| and  Crimson  clover.  These,  it  has  been  demonstrated, 
| are  equally  as  valuable  as  cow  peas  for  soil  improvement. 
| It  has  been  universally  agreed  by  all  Alabama  farmers 
| that  have  grown  them,  that  they  are  the  greatest  of  all 
| fertilizer  bill  reducers,  that  they  prevent  soil  erosion,  and 
| that  they  make  worn-out  land  rich  and  productive. 

LEADING  CROPS 

| Alabama  is  the  proud  possessor  of  the  champion  corn 
| grower  of  the  world.  Walker  Lee  Dunson  of  Tallapoosa 
| county  raised  232  39/56  bushels  on  one  acre  of  alluvial 
j sandy  loam  soil. 

| Commissioner  of  Agriculture  James  A.  Wade  has  won 
| several  medals  and  ribbons  and  the  Carnegie  cup,  valued 
| at  $1,000,  for  the  growth  of  short  staple  cotten.  He  is 
| reported  to  have  won  the  International  Cup  for  the  best 
| short  staple  cotton  grown  in  the  world,  but  on  account 
| of  the  war  in  Europe  he  has  received  no  official  notifica- 
| tion  from  the  managers  of  the  International  Cotton 
| Show  held  at  Berlin  in  the  summer  of  1914. 

| Alabama  soil  is  better  adapted,  as  has  been  shown  by 
| experiments,  than  that  of  any  other  state  for  the  growth 
| of  the  velvet  and  soy  bean,  peas,  clover,  alfalfa,  and 
| other  grasses,  besides  being  the  natural  home  of  the  cot- 
| ton  seed,  from  which  is  secured  the  very  best  feed  for 
| fattening  beeves. 

| Chufas,  peanuts,  field  peas,  sweet  potatoes,  artichokes 
1 and  corn,  which  are  the  most  fattening  of  all  hog  feed, 
| can  be  grown  on  any  of  our  land.  These  when  used  sep- 
| arately  or  together,  make  a complete  ration  for  hogs. 


THE  CARNEGIE  CUP. 

Valued  at  $1,000  ; Won  by  Hon.  James  A.  Wade  as  the  World’s 
Champion  Grower  of  Short  Staple  Cotton. 


Alabama  also  stands  at  the  top  in  the  growth  of  the 
Mammoth  sun  flower,  which  is  as  everyone  knows  the 
best  of  all  fowl  feed. 

Our  cattle  production  has  steadily  increased,  until  we 
now  stand  high  in  the  amount  of  revenue  derived  from 
the  sale  of  beef. 


WALKER  LEE  DUNSON  OF  ALEXANDER  CITY,  ALABAMA. 
Champion  Corn  Grower. — He  Raised  232  39/56  Bushels  of  Corn  on 
One  Acre  of  Sandy  Loam  Soil  in  Tallapoosa  County. 


FARM  DEMONSTRATION 

State  aid  supplemented  by  that  of  the  United  States, 
has  steadily  forced  our  number  of  demonstration  agents 
up  until  Alabama  now  ranks  first  in  the  number  of 
demonstration  agents,  and  the  amounts  paid  them  in  sal- 
aries and  expenses.  The  Legislature  of  Alabama  was 
the  first  to  establish  a Bureau  of  Markets  and  Immigra- 
tion, in  connection  with  its  Department  of  Agriculture. 
It  is  also  well  to  add  that  twelve  other  states  followed 
the  progressive  example  set  by  Alabama. 

Thus  we  rank  first  in  having  the  greatest  number  of 
men  to  show  us  what  to  grow,  and  how  to  grow  it,  and 
also  first  in  having  a live  and  up-to-date  department 
which  is  unceasing  in  its  efforts  to  find  ready  markets 
for  Alabama  products. 

RELIGION 

There  is  no  need  to  go  into  details  in  regard  to  the 
religious  denominations  of  Alabama.  Practically  every 
Christian  religion  is  represented  by  churches,  and  many 
support  schools.  We  rank  high  in  morality,  and  our 
record  for  crime  is  low. 

SUMMARY 

On  the  canvas  of  the  future  I see  before  me  a glorious 
picture;  “golden  fields  of  wheat,  following  the  waving 
fields  of  yellow  oats,  green  fields  of  corn  and  the  white, 
blooming  fields  of  cotton.  On  her  Bermuda-carpeted 
pastures,  the  black  Angus  and  the  white-faced  Hereford, 
the  proverbial  cattle  of  a thousand  hills.  Around  her 
dairies,  the  fawn-like  Jersey.  Truck  gardens,  fruit 
orchards  and  beautiful  country  homes.  In  her  cities, 
mills  grinding  corn  into  meal,  wheat  into  flour,  packing 
houses  for  the  slaughter  of  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep;  great 
cotton  mills,  with  thousands  of  spindles,  each  turning 
into  its  finished  product  the  raw  material,  drawn  from 
its  immediate  neighborhood.  And  all  driven  by  that 
silent,  efficient,  electrical  energy,  generated  by  our 
mighty  water  powers.” 


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BANKING  IN  ALABAMA 

AS  RELATED  TO  THE  PROGRESS  OF  THE  STATE 

By  JUDGE  C.  E.  THOMAS.  President  of  the  Alabama;  Bankers'  Association. 


PEAKING  in  the  broadest  sense,  the 
banking  business  vitally  touches  more 
interests,  turns  more  wheels  in  the  gen- 
eral organism  of  our  existence  than  the 
combined  efforts  of  any  other  three  in- 
stitutions of  our  State.  Commercial- 
ism has  been  so  shaped  that  it  must 
depend  largely  upon  our  banking  inter- 
ests for  its  existence;  manufacturers, 
however  great,  must  be  assisted  along  their  highway  of 
success  by  the  banks;  while  our  agricultural  interests 
are  undergoing  a transformation  from  the  one-crop  sys- 
tem to  the  diversified  plan,  and  while  herds  of  cattle  are 
springing  up,  and  great  hog  ranches  are  developing  over 
Alabama,  they  must  look  for  the  assistance  of  the 
banker. 


Therefore,  in  summing  up  the  resources  of  this  great 
commonwealth,  we  must  see  at  a glance  that  the  entire 
system  of  business  in  our  State  revolves  about  a common 
center,  the  axis  of  which  is  the  bank.  We  cannot  then 
but  appreciate  the  magnitude  of  the  work  devolving 
upon  us  as  bankers,  and  as  members  of  the  Alabama 
Bankers’  Association.  I would  also  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  not  all  the  problems  which  have  to  be  met  by 
the  bankers  of  Alabama  confront  the  bankers  of  the 
larger  cities,  the  country  banker  comes  in  for  his  share. 
He  occupies  a position  on  the  firing  line,  and  most,  if  not 
all  the  agricultural  problems  must  come  to  him  first 
handed.  Then  they  are  passed  on  to  the  larger  institu- 
tions. 


DIVERSIFICATION 


| The  work  of  diversifying  farm  crops  in  Alabama  has 
I been  hurried  forward  with  the  appearance  of  the  boll 
weevil  in  the  cotton  fields.  In  some  sections  of  our  State 
| this  idea  was  already  being  worked  out  by  the  farmers, 
but  with  the  appearance  of  the  boll  weevil,  our  people 
realized  that  the  one-crop  system  must  go,  and  that  the 

I time  had  come  when  the  soil  which  had  in  the  past  pro- 
duced millions  of  dollars  worth  of  cotton  would  be  called 
upon  to  give  up  a yield  of  other  crops.  Our  people  real- 

II  ized  that  the  change  must  come,  but  they  were  not  un- 
I mindful  that  it  should  be  a gradual  change  and  not  too 
j radical. 

They  began  to  work  out  the  problem  in  1914,  and  how 
well  this  splendid  soil  here  in  Alabama  has  responded  to 
changed  conditions  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  largest 
yield  of  corn  per  acre  in  the  United  States  was  grown  in 
Alabama;  the  largest  potatoes  grown  in  America  were 
taken  from  the  soil  of  Alabama;  while  millions  of  dollars 
worth  of  cattle  are  today  grazing  and  being  fed  upon  the 


fields  of  our  State.  It  is  true  that  with  the  coming  of 
diversification,  means  the  going  of  the  large  farmers, — 
especially  the  large  cotton  farmers.  But  the  place  of  the 
broad  acres  of  cotton  which  we  have  see.i  for  the  past 
half  century  is  now  to  be  filled  with  other  products: 
Sweeps  of  corn,  and  grains  of  all  kinds,  thousands  of 
cattle  and  hogs,  an  industry  no  less  beautiful  to  look  at 
and  no  less  profitable  have  come  to  stay.  The  revolu- 
tion is  here  and  we  have  awakened  in  the  dawn  of  a new 
era. 


JUDGE  C.  E.  THOMAS 

of  Prattville,  Ala.,  President  of  the  Alabama  Bankers’ 
Association. 


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CO-OPERATION  WITH  FARMERS 

I Alabama  being  largely  agricultural,  a great  number 
| of  our  banks  are  directly  affected  by  the  welfare  of  the 
1 farmer,  and  we  must  therefore  co-operate  with  him.  Our 
| banks  have  joined  hands  with  the  farmer  and  both  have 
| been  benefited.  The  farmer  has  year  by  year  become 
| more  progressive,  while  the  banker  has  continually  given 
| him  more  and  more  support,  encouragement  and  coun- 
§ sel  until  today  their  interests  have  become  so  interwoven 
| that  they  are  almost  identical,  and  they  are  pressing 
1 forward  to  the  goal  of  success. 

| In  other  days  the  banker  and  the  farmer  of  Alabama 
| dealt  with  each  other  at  arms’  length.  Today  they  stand 
1 side  by  side,  shoulder  to  shoulder,  working  out  the  new 
| problems  as  they  arise,  the  farmer  becoming  more  and 
| more  progressive,  the  banker  not  only  ready  and  willing 
I to  lend  his  financial  assistance,  but  his  wise  counsel  as 
| well.  The  two  together  always  working  for  the  common 
= good  of  all,  while  Alabama  grows  and  booms  in  spite  of 
| the  great  European  war  and  the  ravages  of  the  boll 
1 weevil. 

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THE  WORK  OF  MRS.  G.  H.  MATHIS 

§ 

| A few  years  ago,  just  about  the  time  the  revolution  in 
1 agriculture  began,  the  Bankers’  Association  of  Alabama 
| was  fortunate  enough  to  engage  the  co-operation  of 
| Mrs.  G.  H.  Mathis.  This  was  one  of  the  most  valuable 
1 accessions  which  could  have  possibly  been  made.  Her 

(work  was  more  or  less  directly  under  the  Agricultural 
Committee’s  supervision,  and  almost  inestimable  was  her 
g service  to  the  people  of  Alabama  and  our  Association. 
| By  striking  personality,  her  keen  insight  into  the  needs 
I of  our  people,  her  tireless  energy,  and  by  thoroughness 
I in  her  work,  she  opened  the  eyes  of  our  people  and  dem- 
| onstrated  to  them  the  rich  treasures  in  the  Alabama  soil. 
| In  agricultural  meetings  in  the  great  Middle  West  sec- 
1 tion  she  told  the  people  there  of  the  unlimited  opportu- 
| nity  in  Alabama;  in  the  crowded  New  England  States 
| she  carried  the  glorious  news  of  Alabama,  and  today  our 
| State  is  boasting  of  many  good  citizens  who  are  here 
j through  the  efforts  of  our  own  Mrs.  Mathis. 

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| ALABAMA  NEEDS  GOOD  FARMERS  AND  BETTER 
METHODS 

| 

| While  I speak  of  the  progress  made  by  our  State  and 
1 the  development  of  her  agricultural  resources,  and  they 
1 have  been  wonderful  and  rapid,  I am  not  by  any  means 
1 satisfied  with  what  we  have  accomplished.  We  must 
| be  ever  awake, — ever  ready  to  grasp  a firmer  hold  upon 
| every  opportunity  which  presents  itself  to  us. 

| Alabama  today  stands  in  need  of  good  farmers  and 
| better  methods.  I say  this  in  no  disparagement  of  the 
I veteran  farmer  who  has  fought  the  good  fight  in  the 
| past,  has  won  victory  after  victory  and  overcome  al- 
| most  unsurmountable  obstacles.  My  hat  is  off  to  him 
| who  has  delved  into  this  splendid  soil  of  ours  and 
| brought  forth  rich  harvests  of  unthought-of  products. 
| His  methods  were  good  and  his  lessons  were  better. 


When  I say  that  Alabama  is  in  need  of  good  farmers,  1 
I mean  that  it  is  needing  the  best  young  men  of  our  Ala-  1 
bama  and  other  states  to  give  time  and  thought  to  agri-  I 
culture.  They  should  stop  flocking  to  towns  and  cities  I 
seeking  the  companionship  of  gay  society.  They  should  § 
give  their  great  minds  and  strong  bodies  to  the  develop-  | 
ment  of  this  great  State  and  secure  for  themselves  the  § 
riches  which  are  hidden  beneath  the  surface  of  Alabama,  | 
and  thus  leave  to  posterity  the  great  lessons  they  have  | 
worked  out  in  the  boundless  field  of  agriculture. 

At  this  time  when  we  are  making  such  rapid  strides  in  § 
the  discovery  of  hidden  treasure  in  the  productive  soil  of  § 
our  State,  we  must  not  be  unmindful  of  the  great  advan-  | 
tages  which  we  are  overlooking  when  we  do  not  avail  = 
ourselves  of  the  improved  methods  of  farming.  Neces-  | 
sity,  the  mother  of  invention,  has  been  busy.  The  in-  | 
genuity  of  man  has  been  put  to  the  test  with  the  result  1 
that  we  are  today  enjoying,  not  only  the  new  products  | 
of  the  soil,  but  the  opportunity  to  apply  new  methods  in  § 


MRS.  G.  H.  MATHIS 

of  Gadsden,  Ala.,  Field  Aeent  of  the  Alabama  Bankers' 
Association. 


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I INSPECTING  A SANITARY  DAIRY  AT  MOBILE.  W.  M.  CLEMENS,  SECRETARY  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE;  GEO.  A.  MALO- 
NEY, FARM  DEMONSTRATOR;  MISS  NETTIE  BEALE,  MANAGER  WEEKLY  AGE-HERALD;  MRS.  G.  H.  MATHIS, 
LECTURER  FOR  ALABAMA  BANKERS  ASSOCIATION  ; M.  J.  McDERMOTT,  PRESIDENT  BANK  OF  MOBILE. 


| the  cultivation,  gathering  and  storing  away  of  our  prod- 
! ucts.  Today  cultivation  is  made  easy  with  the  new  labor 
1 saving  devices;  harvesting  and  manufacturing  machin- 
| ery  are  within  the  easy  reach  of  every  one.  Then  let  us 
| grasp  the  opportunity  which  is  thrust  in  our  pathway, 
| and  rise  with  the  tidal  wave  of  prosperity  that  is  now 
1 sweeping  across  our  State. 

BANKERS  BELIEF  IN  IMMIGRATION  OF  HIGH 
CLASS  FARMERS 

1 In  Alabama  today  we  have  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
1 acres  of  undeveloped  lands,  waiting  for  the  arrival  of  the 
| immigrant.  In  many  sections  of  our  State  the  timber 
| companies  have  gathered  up  and  carried  away  the  vir- 
| gin  forests,  sometimes  to  the  detriment  of  Alabama  to 
| the  extent  of  millions  of  dollars. 

| But  the  land  is  still  here — the  richness  of  the  soil  is 
| here — only  waiting  for  the  high-class,  industrious 
| farmer  to  arrive  and  gather  unto  himself  a rich  herit- 
| age.  The  bankers  of  Alabama  realize  the  need  of  such 
| people.  Our  Alabamians  have  enough  land  and  to  spare. 
| Then  let  us  avail  ourselves  of  every  opportunity  to  invite 
| immigration  into  our  State. 

| Let  us  go  into  the  North  and  Middle  West  and  extend 
| to  the  skilled  farmers  of  these  sections  a cordial  invita- 
| tion  to  come  to  Alabama  and  share  with  us  this  genial 
| clime  and  fertile  soil.  Let  us  go  into  the  crowded  cities 
| of  the  East  and  induce  the  people  there  to  leave  the 
| crowded  alleys  and  high  tenements  and  come  to  Ala- 
| bama  where  they  are  welcome  and  where  prosperity 
| awaits  them. 

1 I believe  that  the  awakening  of  the  people  of  the  out- 
! side  world  to  our  advantages  here  in  Alabama  will  turn 
| a tide  of  immigrants  into  our  State  that  will  not  only 
| develop  our  natural  resources,  but  will  build  up  our  so- 


ciety and  help  us  to  rise  higher  and  higher  year  after  § 
year. 

CO-OPERATION  WITH,  AND  WELCOME  TO  NEW  | 
PEOPLE 

Citizens  from  neighboring  states  will  come  to  Ala-  I 
bama  because  we  have  a climate  that  is  genial,  fitted  for  i 
the  growth  of  anything  whether  it  be  a species  from  the  | 
tropics  or  from  the  frozen  North.  So  far  have  our  peo-  j 
pie  learned  the  lesson  that  green  vegetables  are  not  1 
uncommon  the  year  round.  The  soil  is  rich  and  never  1 
fails  of  production.  Therefore,  we  feel  that  our  citizen-  j 
ship  is  soon  to  be  strengthened  by  our  neighbors  from  j 
sister  states,  and  we  welcome  them  to  Alabama.  In  our  | 
great  cities  and  in  our  country  villages,  immigrants  will  § 
come  in  contact  with  the  banker  of  Alabama.  They  will  | 
receive  a warm  welcome.  We  will  be  glad  to  render  to  J 
them  such  assistance  as  they  may  need.  We  will  gladly  | 
give  counsel  and  advice  to  those  who  ask  for  it.  We  ex-  | 
tend  the  invitation  to  YOU.  We  welcome  you  to  Ala-  I 
bama,  the  State  of  Peace,  Progress  and  Prosperity. 


“The  coal  and  iron  tonnage  of  the  State  of  Alabama  is  I 
over  six  times  as  great  as  the  tonnage  of  the  entire  cot-  § 
ton  crop  of  the  United  States;  that  the  State  ranks  as  g 
second  in  the  Union  in  the  production  of  coke,  third  in  1 
the  production  of  ore,  fourth  in  iron  and  fifth  in  coal.” — i 
Thomas  Gibson  in  Moody’s  Magazine. 

“One  of  the  best  dairy  farms  I have  ever  seen  is  in  | 
Lowndes  County,  Alabama.  I do  not  think  I have  ever  | 
seen  a better  peach  orchard  than  one  in  Bullock  County.  | 
The  present  crop  is  estimated  at  fifty  car  loads.  The  f 
same  man  also  has  a large  pecan  orchard.” — Hon.  Leslie  | 
M.  Shaw,  ex-Secretary  of  the  United  States  Treasury. 


BANKER  AND  FARMER  DOING  TEAM  WORK. 

1 During  the  “Diversification”  Campaign  Meetings  like  this  were  held  in  every  county  in  Alabama.  Interest  was  created  and  maintained  §f 
to  a large  degree  by  the  information  compiled  and  made  available  by  the  International  Harvester  Company. 

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THE  EDUCATIONAL  ADVANTAGES  OF  ALABAMA 

By  William  F.  Feagrin,  State  Superintendent  of  Education. 


SERE  seems  to  have  been  always  some 
genius  among  men  that  inspired  them  to 
go  in  search  of  treasure.  The  Crusaders, 
the  Knights  of  the  Round  Table,  the  Holy 
Grail,  the  Golden  Fleece,  the  Fountain  of 
Youth,  are  all  expressions  of  the  same 
spirit  that  inspired  Columbus  to  cross  the 
trackless  deep,  Magellan  to  circumnavi- 
gate the  globe,  our  forefathers  to  settle 
| upon  the  shores  of  Virginia  and  Massachusetts,  Peary  to 
| seek  the  pole.  In  fact,  the  quest  spirit  seems  everywhere 
1 and  at  all  times  to  have  prompted  men  to  dream  of  some 
1 Utopia  and  to  go  in  search  of  some  Eldorado.  This  his- 
| torical  fact,  which  some  have  styled  love  of  adventure, 
| has  led  many  to  chase  the  rainbow,  no  doubt,  but  it  has 
| also  been  of  tremendous  worth  in  the  transmission  of 
| civilization  and  in  the  establishment  of  social  order 
| throughout  the  world,  for  individuals,  like  nations,  are 
1 not  static;  they  are  dynamic,  and  in  order  to  GROW, 
| they  must  sometimes  GO. 

THE  VALUE  OF  ADVERTISING 

| Advertisement  is  a favorite  expedient  of  nations  to 
| draw  men  to  their  territory  and  to  attach  them  to  their 
| standards.  True,  too  much  publicity  has  sometimes  re- 
! suited  in  the  embarrassment  of  numbers  and  not  infre- 
| quently  in  the  conflicts  of  war.  This  latter  condition, 
| however,  represents  the  abuse  of  a principle  which  in 
| the  main  is  salutary.  The  bright  color  of  the  plant  at- 
| tracts  the  insect  and  secures  fertilization;  the  rich  plum- 
| age  of  the  bird  attracts  its  mate  and  promotes  life;  the 
1 slogan,  the  pennant,  the  flag  are  symbols  that  attract 


and  charm.  America’s  world-wide  reputation  as  “the 
land  of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave”  is  the  one 
satisfactory  explanation  of  the  tremendous  influx  of 
foreigners  each  year.  Unfortunately  Alabama,  either 
because  of  over-modesty  or  through  the  lack  of  organ- 
ized agencies,  has  failed  to  attract  the  attention  of  any 
considerable  number  of  outsiders,  though  her  tremen- 
dous resources  are  as  varied,  as  rich  and  as  profuse  as 
can  be  found  in  any  equal  area  under  heaven. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  article,  however,  to  deal 
with  Alabama’s  resources  in  general,  for  they  are  abun- 
dantly unfolded  and  set  out  in  the  most  convincing  fash- 
ion all  through  this  book.  Our  task  is  a more  specific 
one,  that  is — to  give  in  a general  way  some  insight  into 
our  educational  conditions.  Alabama  maintains  a com- 
plete and  well-coordinated  school  system  from  the  ele- 
mentary school  to  the  University.  Beginning  at  the  top 
is  our  State  University  with  buildings  and  grounds  val- 
ued at  approximately  one  and  one-half  million  dollars,  an 
endowment  fund  worth  at  least  three-quarters  of  a mil- 
lion dollars,  a faculty  of  more  than  forty  teachers  and  an 
enrollment  of  some  seven  hundred  pupils,  exclusive  of 
the  summer  session.  Parallel  with  the  University  is  the 
Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute  which  performs  the  same 
function  in  preparing  men  for  technical  lines  of  work  as 
the  University  for  professional  lines.  The  buildings  and 
grounds  are  valued  approximately  at  three-quarters  of  a 
million  dollars  and  the  endowment  in  round  numbers  is 
$300,000.  There  are  some  sixty  teachers  and  eight  hun- 
dred pupils,  exclusive  of  the  summer  session.  Both  of 
the  above  institutions  are  co-educational.  The  Alabama 
Girls’  Technical  Institute,  with  an  annual  income  of 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  ALABAMA. 

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including  Monument  commemorating  destruction  of  University  by  fire  in  the  Civil  War.  (9)  Manly  Hall.  (10)  President’s 

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$60,000  and  buildings  and  grounds  valued  at  more  than 
one-half  million  dollars,  has  a faculty  of  thirty-five 
teachers  and  an  enrollment  of  five  hundred  pupils.  This 
institution  gives  specialized  instruction  to  young  women 
similar  in  purpose  but  different  in  character  from  that 
which  the  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute  offers  to  our 
young  men.  Our  educational  system  includes  four  Class 
A normal  schools  upon  which  the  State  spends  approxi- 
mately $100,000  annually  and  two  Class  B normal  schools 
each  receiving  $5,000  annually.  There  is  an  agricultural 
school  in  each  of  the  nine  congressional  districts  with  an 
annual  income  of  $4,500  each  and  a county  high  school, 
one  available  for  each  county,  on  which  the  State  ex- 
pends approximately  $3,000  annually.  Below  these  and 
tributary  to  them  all  is  our  system  of  public  elementary 
schools  comprehending  a seven-year  course  of  study 
which,  with  the  institutions  already  mentioned,  make  up 
the  scheme  which  Alabama  has  provided  for  the  educa- 
tion of  her  sons  and  daughters.  An  investigation  of  the 
character  of  the  work  done  in  the  several  types  of  insti- 
tutions mentioned  above,  together  with  that  which  is 
being  performed  by  scores  of  private  and  denominational 
schools  of  high  rank,  will  convince  the  painstaking  inves- 


tigator that  the  educational  advantages  in  Alabama  are  § 
varied  enough  and  comprehensive  enough  to  qualify  for  1 
the  various  avocations  and  walks  of  life. 

For  a long  period  of  years,  secondary  education  in  § 
Alabama  was  a purely  voluntary  matter  so  far  as  the  I 
State  was  concerned,  thereby  leaving  a chasm  between  j 
the  elementary  schools  and  institutions  of  higher  learn-  1 
ing  that  the  agricultural  schools,  the  normal  schools  and  | 
even  the  colleges  themselves  laboriously  tried  to  fill.  § 
With  the  establishment  of  county  high  schools,  however,  1 
the  colleges  were  enabled  to  abandon  the  preparatory  de-  § 
partment  and  to  raise  their  standards  so  as  to  require  a 
fourteen  units  for  admission;  the  normal  schools  were  I 
enabled  to  surrender  their  burden  of  secondary  and  col-  I 
legiate  work  and  give  themselves  exclusively  to  the  prep-  | 
aration  of  teachers  for  the  elemntary  schools.  The  agri-  | 
cultural  schools  likewise  gave  up  the  teaching  of  Latin  1 
and  Greek  and  other  classical  subjects  and  framed  a | 
course  of  study  in  keeping  with  the  purpose  for  which  | 
they  were  created. 

The  establishment  of  high  schools  not  only  made  possi-  | 
ble  revised  programs  in  the  institutions  of  higher  learn-  | 
ing  but,  what  is  even  more  important,  wrought  a most  § 


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THE  RURAL  SCHOOLS  OF  ALABAMA  ARE  BEING  IMPROVED  ACCORDING  TO  MODERN  IDEAS  OF  LIGHTING,  SANITATION 
AND  EQUIPMENT.  THIS  ATTRACTIVE  BUILDING  IS  AT  LcGRANDE,  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY. 


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| FRONT  VIEW  OF  DORMITORY,  A.  G.  T.  I.,  MONTEVALLO,  ALA. 

| healthy  and  stimulating  effect  upon  the  elementary 
| schools  so  that  we  now  have  a well-rounded  system  of 
| state-supported  schools  that  articulate  one  with  another. 
| It  has  come  to  be  recognized  under  this  new  order  of 
| things  that  the  public  schools  are  the  State’s  biggest 
| asset  and  the  education  of  her  children  the  biggest  busi- 
| ness  in  which  she  is  engaged,  and  thoughtful  immigrants 
| and  capitalists  will  find  here  a healthy  public  sentiment 
| in  favor  of  state-supported  schools  which  is  being  deep- 
| ened  and  intensified  by  the  progress  we  are  making  from 
| year  to  year. 

TRUE  CONDITION  OF  OUR  SCHOOLS 

| No  better  evidence  of  the  true  condition  of  our  schools 
= is  producible  than  a partial  recital  of  what  has  taken 
| place  during  the  space  of  a decade.  In  1904-5  the  State 
| paid  into  the  treasury  for  the  maintenance  of  elementary 
| public  schools  $1,038,881;  in  1914-15  this  amount  had 
1 grown  by  more  than  one  hundred  per  cent  and  the  total 
| revenue  of  these  schools  from  all  sources  approximated 
| four  and  one-half  million  dollars.  In  1904-5  there  were 
| no  county. high  schools;  in  1914-15  the  State  was  expend- 
| ing  $165,(100  on  such  institutions;  in  1904-5  the  agricul- 
| tural  schools  were  receiving  $2,500  each  year;  in  1914-15 
| each  of  the  nine  schools  were  receiving  $4,500,  an  in- 
| crease  of  $2,000  annually.  The  appropriation  to  the 
| Glass  A normal  school^  during  the  same  ten-year  period 
| increased  from  $10,000  each  to  $20,000,  and  in  addition 
| two  schools  of  Class  R grade  were  established.  During 
| the  same  period  the  maintenance  fund  of  the  Alabama 
| Girls’  Technical  Institute  increased  by  118%,  of  the  Ala- 


ENTRANCE TO  CAMPUS,  A.  G.  T.  I.,  MONTEVALLO,  ALA. 

bama  Polytechnic  Institute  135%,  and  of  the  University 
of  Alabama  110%.  Corresponding  increases  were  made 
in  the  appropriations  to  the  normal  and  industrial 
schools  for  negroes  which  are  ministering  in  a safe  way 
to  the  needs  of  the  race. 

During  the  period,  under  consideration  the  enrollment 
in  our  public  schools  increased  fifty  per  cent;  the  school 
term  was  lengthened  one  .month;  the  teachers  employed 
grew  from  4,600  to  % BOO;  the  value  of  schoolhouses  and 
sites  advanced  from  Stree  million  dollars  to  more  than 
seven  million  dollars;  the  annual  salaries  of  teachers 
increased  in  the  total  by  more  than  two  million  dollars; 
and  the  per  capita  expense  for  each  child  bf  school  age 
more  than  doubled.  It  is  impossible  to  measure  some  ele- 
ments of  school  progress  in  a statistical  way,  but  nobody 
who  has  observed  what  took  flilace  during  this  decade 
would  for  a moment  deny  that  the  progress  of  our 
schools  made  in  those  fields  which  we-cannot  measure  are 
equally  as  great  as  in  those  cases  cited  above.  , 

RACE  PROBLEM  SOLVED  - v 

We  have  learned  to  deal  satisfactorily  with  the;  race 
problem  and  to  provide  a dual  system  of  schools  amjited 
to  both  races  and  what  is  more,  we  have  replaced  our 
antiquated  and  put-worn  school  machinery  with  as  pro- 
gressive legislation  as  has  been  written  upon  the  statute 
books  of  any  state  in  the  Union.  Such  authorities  as  the 
General  Education  Board,  the  United  States  Bureau  of 
Education,  our  rri,qs$:  prominent,  teachers’  colleges  and' 
state  departments  of  education  .have-given  it  as  their 
opinion  that  the  educational  legislation  of  1915  in  Ala- 


PLAYGROUNDS  UNDER  COMPETENT  SUPERVISION  ARE’-'NOW  AST  ATTRACTIVE  FEATURE  OF  THE  CITY 

■*’-  ■!"£*'a'SUHOOES"OF  A-LABAMA: 


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THE  CONSOLIDATED  SCHOOL  AT  PIPER,  BIBB  COUNTY. 
The  One-Room  Schools  are  Passing  and  These  Consolidated  Schools 
are  Offering  Larger  Educational  Advantages. 


bama  was  the  biggest  and  most  progressive  ever  enacted 
by  any  General  Assembly  in  the  United  States  at  any 
one  sitting.  This  legislation  looked  toward  the  improve- 
ment of  our  public  school  system  along  three  general 
lines: 

1.  Adequate  financial  support  through  county  and  dis- 
trict taxation,  guaranteeing  not  only  the  needed  funds 
to  finance  the  schools  but  assuring  that  degree  of  local 
interest  and  initiative  which  conditions  full  success  in 
their  administration  and  supervision. 

2.  Compulsory  attendance  to  prevent  the  exploitation 
of  our  boys  and  girls  and  a companion  measure  provid- 
ing for  a commission  to  wipe  out  adult  illiteracy  in 
Alabama. 


3.  Better  administration  and  supervision  of  schools. 

By  this  last  measure,  the  schools  of  each  county  of  the 
State  are  placed  directly  under  the  control  of  a county 
board  of  education  consisting  of  five  members  elected 
from  the  county  at  large  by  the  voters  and  clothed  with 
fidl  power  to  manage  and  control  the  schools,  except  in 
cities  of  more  than  2,000  inhabitants,  where  city  boards 
of  education  are  in  power;  to  arrange  and  rearrange 
school  districts;  to  consolidate  schools  and  transport 
pupils  at  public  expense;  to  erect,  repair  and  equip  school 
buildings;  to  employ  a county  superintendent  of  educa- 
tion and  the  necessary  assistants  and  to  pay  such  sala- 
ries as  will  enable  them  to  command  the  best  talent  the 
whole  country  affords. 

Not  only  has  the  educational  direction  of  the  county 
been  unified  by  the  power  vested  in  the  board  and  up-to- 
date  machinery  provided,  as  will  readily  appear,  but  the 
State  has  also  given  such  encouragement  as  will  speedily 
set  the  machinery  in  motion.  Counties  levying  a local 
tax  will  receive  a bonus  of  $1,000  for  each  mill  levied. 
Any  rural  communitv  desiring  to  erect  a more  modern 
or  commodious  school  building,  or  repair  or  equip  an  old 
one  may  secure  State  aid  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the 
building  to  be  erected  and  the  amount  of  the  funds  the 
community  itself  is  willing  to  invest.  School  libraries 
may  also  be  installed  with  aid  from  the  public  treasury; 
in  fact,  there  is  hardly  any  phase  of  school  improvement 
work  that  is  not  now  sanctioned  and  promoted  by  our 
laws. 

Along  with  all  these  external  improvements,  our  com- 
pulsory attendance  laws  guarantee  that  boys  and  girls 
shall  have  the  opportunity  to  secure  the  elements  of  an 
education  and  there  is  the  further  assurance  that  those 
who  pay  taxes  for  the  education  of  all  the  children  of  all 
the  people  shall  not  have  their  investments  depreciated 
by  non-attendance.  There  can  be  no  schools  without 
teachers,  and  professional  training  is  a part  of  the  teach- 
er’s equipment  which  no  one  any  more  will  gainsay. 
Recognizing  this  fact,  the  graduates  of  Class  A institu- 
tions of  Alabama  and  similar  institutions  of  other  states 
and  the  graduates  of  institutions  of  higher  learning  who 
have  taken  a certain  amount  of  professional  work  may 
now  receive  first  grade  certificates  without  examination, 
while  the  certificates  of  teachers  who  pursue  a requisite 
amount  of  professional  work  at  institutions  of  higher 
learning  may  be  extended  and  certificates  issued  in  other 
states  upon  satisfactory  requirements  may  be  validated 
in  Alabama. 

The  foregoing  facts  have  been  cited  not  merely  to 
parade  our  progress,  though  we  may  justly  be  proud  of 
our  achievement,  but  to  let  the  world  know  that  Ala- 
bama is  keenly  alive  to  her  educational  opportunity  and 
responsibility.  We  have  not  yet  worked  out  all  our 
school  problems  and  it  may  be  that  we  shall  not  do  so  for 
many  years,  but  our  educational  system  is  young  and 
flexible  and  we  are  not  grooved  or  fettered  by  tradition, 
custom  or  caste.  Our  school  facilities,  like  our  fields  and 
forests  and  mines,  are  in  a healthy  and  productive  con- 
dition and  guarantee  profitable  returns  upon  all  honest 
investments.  We  have  the  machinery  and  the  will  to 
prepare  our  boys  and  girls  for  intelligent  productivity 
and  citizenship,  and  those  who  seek  a “golden  age”  in  a 
“land  of  opportunity”  will  find  both  in  one  right  here  in 
Alabama. 


J.  C.  Rush  produced  118  1/2 
bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre  of  light 
sandy  bottom  soil  in  Dallas  Coun- 
ty, Alabama. 


John  F.  Dahlke  produced  118 
17/28  bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre 
of  bottom  soil  in  Cullman  County, 
Alabama. 


BOYS’  CORN  CLUB  MEDAL. 

Awarded  to  the  Prize  Winners  at  Auburn.  Ala. 

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ROAD  AT  VILLA  ALBA  NEAR  MOBILE. 


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"WINDING  WAY”  ROAD  UP  RED  MOUNTAIN  AT 
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MODERN  ROAD  BUILDING  IN  ALABAMA 


By  W.  S.  Keller,  State  Highway  Engineer. 


LABAMA  offers  to  tourists  8,613  miles  of 
good  roads  over  which  they  may  travel 
and  see  the  great  resources  and  enjoy  the 
many  attractive  features  within  her  bor- 
ders. That  Alabama  is  alive  to  the  great 
benefits  to  be  derived  from  a network  of 
good  highways  is  proven  by  the  fact  that 
the  mileage  of  good  roads  in  1916  is 
greater  by  127  per  cent  than  was  the  mile- 
| age  in  1911.  If  all  of  the  good  roads  in  Alabama  could 
| be  joined  together  into  one  straight  line  they  would 
| reach  one-third  the  way  around  the  world.  But  the  fine 
| highways  of  Alabama  do  not  consist  of  one  line,  or  a 
| dozen  lines,  but  radiate  from  the  cities  and  towns  to  the 
1 rural  districts  and  join  city  with  city  and  town  with 
| town. 

| In  order  that  our  doors  may  be  wide  open  to  the 
| stranger  the  last  Legislature  passed  what  is  known  as 
| the  State  Trunk-Road  law.  This  law  designates  a sys- 
| tern  of  roads  passing  through  every  county  in  the  State 
j as  trunk  roads,  and  requires  that  all  State  aid  money  be 
| spent  on  such  roads  until  the  trunk  system  is  complete. 
| When  all  the  State  trunk  roads  in  a county  are  complet- 
| ed,  State  money  may  be  used  on  any  other  main  traveled 
| road  selected  by  the  county  commissioners  and  approved 


by  the  State  Highway  Department.  A number  of  coun- 
ties have  already  completed  every  mile  of  State  trunk 
road  within  their  limits.  A visitor  entering  Alabama  on 
the  north  and  passing  into  Florida  on  the  South  can  take 
his  choice  of  three  distinct  routes  and  of  the  five  hundred 
miles  traveled  will  find  less  than  one  hundred  that  are 
not  in  good  condition.  Entering  on  the  west  the  Ten- 
nessee Valley  offers  a road  seventy-five  per  cent  of  which 
is  hard  surfaced.  Passing  east  and  west  through  the  cit- 
ies of  Birmingham  on  one  road,  and  through  Montgom- 
ery on  another,  only  a very  small  mileage  of  poor  road 
will  be  encountered.  The  same  is  true  of  a road  passing 
across  the  southern  part  of  the  State. 

A number  of  automobile  passenger  lines  have  been 
established,  among  which  especial  attention  is  called  to 
the  one  operating  between  Eufaula  and  Dothan,  a dis- 
tance of  60  miles.  Leaving  Dothan  at  6 A.  M.,  the  car 
reaches  Eufaula  at  10  A.  M.,  making  the  towns  of  Head- 
land, Newville,  and  Abbeville  en  route.  Returning,  the 
car  leaves  Eufaula  at  2 P.  M.,  arriving  at  Dothan  at  6 
P.  M.  The  fine  condition  of  this  road  makes  possible  this 
convenience  to  the  traveling  public. 

Wherever  a good  road  has  been  built  a marked  im- 
provement of  farm  homes  and  surroundings  may  be 
noted.  New  homes  with  modern  conveniences  have  been 


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built,  old  houses  and  fences  have  been  painted,  and  grass 
now  grows  on  lawns  that  formerly  were  bare.  The 
farmer’s  buggy  shed  has  been  converted  into  a garage, 
and,  with  an  automobile,  the  farmer’s  wife  feels  that  she 
is  no  longer  isolated  but  is  in  close  touch  with  her  city 
sister.  A number  of  Montgomery  county  farmers’  wives 
belong  to  social  clubs- .ire  the.  city  of  Montgomery  and 
enjoy  the  pleasures  of  the  city  as  well  as ' the  many 
charms  of- their  country  homes.  All  these,  advantages  are 
of  course  made  possible  by  the  county’s  splendid  system 
of  modern^ highways^.; ;,;ir  — f *«i.T  >! 

Two  very  important: interstate  highways;  (have  ^recent- 
ly-been,  1 oca  te.d  through  Alabama-  The  Dixie,  Overland 
Highway  f^om  San  Diego,  filalifornia,  to  Savannah, - 
Georgia,  passes,  through -Li; Kingston,  Demo.poJLs,  Union- 
town,  Selma,  Montgomery,  Tuskegee  and  Opelika.  The 
Forrest  Highway  from  Rome,  Georgia,  to  Pensacola  and 

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Montgomery,  Luverne,  Andalusia  and  Brewton.  The 
Jackson  Highway  will  also,  in  all  probability,  pass 
through  Alabama  from  north  to  south.  When  these 
roads  are  entirely  completed  and  well  marked  and 
mapped,  our  friends  from  other  states  may  take  us  at 
our  word  and  accept  our  proverbial  hospitality,  and  then 
know  for  themselves  the  excellence  of  our  roadways  and 
the  many  charming  features  of  Alahama. 

In  no  better  way,  can  crur  resources  be  learned  than 
from  the  sept  of  an  automobile;  and,  as  Alabamians  have 
only  the  real  article  apd  no,  gold  bricks  for. sale,  the  vis- 
itor-will  find  our  highways  open  and  ours,goods  subject  to 
tfie  most,  rigid  inspection. 

The  State  Highway  Department  is  preparing  a road 
map  of  the  State  which,  when  completed,  will  be  mailed 
free  to  anyone  on  request.  In  the  meantime  information 
concerning  the  roads  of  any  section  will  be  gladly  fur- 


STATE  HIGH  WAY.  SNOH-HEER  W;.J$.  KEfcLE**tM§P«S:TING  ONE  OFsrffLAHAMA;S<Ift><lD  ROA.-DS  IN  MARENGO  COUNTY. 

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INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT  OF  ALABAMA 

By  J.  S.  Sutherland,  Birmingham,  Alabama. 


HE  richness  of  its  soil  virtually  confined 
!/'$c  ^ ^ Alabama’s  early  development  to  agricul- 
J tural  lines,  though  even  prior  to  the  Civil 
War  some  progress  had  been  made  in 
manufacturing,  particularly  in  iron  pro- 
duction. The  coal  and  iron  resources  were 
realized  as  early  as  that,  but  there  was  at 
that  time  no  large  demand  for  either  coal 
or  iron.  The  period  of  industrial  inactiv- 
,|  ity  which  followed  in  this  year  continued  until  late  in  the 
1 seventies  when  progressive  men  of  Alabama  undertook 
1 the  development  of  the  vast  resources  of  the  Birming- 
§ ham  and  Anniston  iron  districts.  Since  that  time  Ala- 
j bama’s  industrial  growth  has  been  rapid. 


REASONS  FOR  RAPID  GROWTH 

| There  are  several  reasons  why  this  growth  has  come 
| so  fast — Alabama  stands  first  in  natural  resources  of 
1 iron,  coal  and  limestone  within  close  proximity.  Ala- 
1 bama  has  as  cheap  labor  as  is  to  be  had  anywhere  Ala- 
| bama  is  second  in  the  production  of  coke,  third  in  t.he 
| production  of  iron  and  fourth  in  the  production  of  pig 
1 iron.  Thus  Alabama  can  make  iron  and  steel  more 
1 cheaply  than  they  can  be  made  elsewhere.  Nowhere  in 
1 the  world  are  all  the  materials  required  in  the  production 
j of  iron  and  steel  found  in  such  abundance  so  near  to- 
| gether.  Pittsburgh  with  its  tremendous  developments 
| in  the  steel  business  is  far  less  favored.  All  of  its  ore 
i must  be  shipped  500  to  1,000  miles  while  its  coal  and  its 
| limestone  must  be  shipped  similar  distances. 

1 It  is  universally  accepted  today  that  the  natural  condi- 
| tions  of  the  mineral  section  of  Alabama,  with  Birming- 
| ham  as  a center,  give  it  the  right  to  claim  pre-eminence 


in  the  possibility  of  making  iron  and  steel  at  a lower  cost  | 
than  any  other  section  of  this  or  any  other  country. 

Considering  the  natural  resources  of  the  Birmingham  i 
district  and  the  tremendous  momentum  of  the  world’s  § 
iron  and  steel  development  it  ought  to  be  possible  for  the  § 
Alabama  district  to  grow  as  fast  as  Pennsylvania  has  in  § 
the  past  25  years  and  eventually  become  as  large  a pro-  I 
ducer  of  iron  and  steel  as  Pennsylvania. 

NUMEROUS  NATURAL  RESOURCES 

Along  with  the  rapid  growth  in  output  of  iron  has  J 
gone  the  development  of  the  other  natural  resources  of  | 
this  region.  A high  grade  of  Portland  cement  is  made  g 
from  the  limestone  and  the  shale  which  are  so  abundant.  | 
Building  and  fire  brick,  as  well  as  sewer  pipe,  are  made  | 
from  the  course  clays  while  the  high  grade  clays  are  i 
used  for  the  manufacture  of  pottery.  Graphite  is  mined  | 
in  large  quantities  and  is  a product  which  is  found  in  | 
very  few  other  sections  of  the  United  States  Bauxite,  J 
the  ore  from  which  aluminum  is  made,  is  also  found  in  | 
large  quantities;  only  two  other  states  have  commer-  | 
dally  valuable  deposits  of  this  important  ore. 

Large  quantities  of  a very  high  grade  marble  are  | 
quarried,  much  of  which  is  shipped  out  of  the  State  for  | 
building  purposes.  Mica  and  gold  are  also  mined  in  cer-  | 
tain  districts.  g 

GENERAL  MANUFACTURING 

Coincident  with  the  development  of  the  initial  re-  | 
sources  has  gone  the  steady  increase  in  manufacturing  in  | 
other  lines.  Cotton  mills  have  been  built  to  spin  thread  | 
which  is  shipped  to  many  northern  mills,  while  in  addi-  | 
tion  many  mills  have  been  built  which  produce  such  fin-  g 
ished  products  as  cotton  cloth,  canton  flannel,  hosiery  and  g 


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real  developer  of  any  community,  and  hence  it  is  that 
Alabama  must  look  to  manufacturing  to  increase  her 
prosperity. 


ALABAMA’S  WELCOME  TO  MANUFACTURERS 


Hence  Alabama  welcomes,  and  has  always  welcomed, 
manufacturers  to  come  within  her  borders  to  find  a per- 
manent home  where  all  their  efforts  will  be  appreciated 
and  where  conditions  for  success  will  all  be  found  favor- 
able. 

Alabama  has  numerous  rivers  of  importance  which  not 
only  furnish  water  power  sites  of  enormous  possibilities 
but  also  water  transportation.  The  water  powers  are  be- 
ing developed  under  Government  supervision  so  as  to 
improve  the  transportation  facilities.  An  example  is  the 
70  foot  dam  built  by  the  Alabama  Power  Company  at 
Lock  12  on  the  Coosa  River,  which  not  only  provides 
navigation  for  22  miles  but  also  supplies  power  to  the 
entire  city  of  Birmingham  and  much  of  the  surrounding 
territory  in  North  and  Central  Alabama. 


CHEAP  WATER  POWER 


The  development  of  the  water  powers  of  Alabama  have 
but  just  begun  but  they  are  destined  soon  to  be  harnessed 
for  man’s  assistance  more  and  more  extensively.  Al- 
ready water  power  by  means  of  electricity  is  able  to  sup- 
ply many  manufacturing  plants  and  thus  give  them  bet- 
ter and  less  costly  power  to  drive  their  machinery  than 
they  have  ever  had  before.  This  is  a very  important  fact 
to  any  manufacturer  looking  for  a desirable  location  for 
a new  factory.  It  means  in  many  instances  the  difference 
between  profit  and  loss  on  the  entire  manufacturing  in- 
vestment. Hence  any  manufacturer  who  is  looking  for  a 
place  where  he  may  locate  a factory  should  give  full 
attention  to  the  many  claims  of  Alabama.  No  matter 
how  large  or  how  small  he  may  be,  his  needs  will  be 
taken  care  of  easily  and  well  as  the  water  power  devel- 
opments are  amply  large  to  care  for  any  possible  re- 
quirements. The  transmission  lines  of  the  power  compa- 
nies form  a veritable  network  over  the  State  and  are  be- 
ing extended  as  fast  as  the  commercial  possibilities  war- 
rant. Manufacturers  should  investigate  the  possibilities 
offered  them  to  secure  low  priced  and  reliable  power  in 
Alabama. 


| underwear.  Machine  shops  which  turn  out  many  differ- 
§ ent  metal  products  have  been  built  to  supply  the  demand 
1 for  machinery.  Furniture  factories,  carriage  works,  and 
| many  other  factories  which  are  common  to  many  locali- 
| ties  have  sprung  up  besides  many  which  are  peculiar  to 
| this  region,  as  cotton  gins,  cotton  seed  oil  and  fertilizer 
| mills,  peanut  mills  and  other  similar  factories.  These 
1 manufacturing  industries  have  grown  because  of  the 
| natural  resources  and  the  demand  created  by  people  who 
| have  come  to  Alabama  in  response  to  the  call  for  labor 
1 for  manufacturing.  It  isn’t  the  rich  agricultural  re- 
| sources  that  make  communities  grow  large  and  prosper- 
| ous.  Agriculture  of  necessity  requires  plenty  of  room 
I for  each  family  and  therefore  prevents  large  towns,  but 
| manufacturing  demands  many  people  within  near  reach 
1 of  the  factory.  Hence,  it  is  that  manufacturing  is  the 


SCENE  IN  THE  BROWN  ORE  REGION  OF  ALABAMA.  A 40- 
FOOT  OPEN  CUT  OF  SOLID  ORE. 


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A WONDERFUL  STORY  OF  PROSPERITY 


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BRIEFLY  TOLD  IN  FIGURES  OF  THE  MOST 
SIGNIFICANT  CHARACTER 

N 1880,  having  shaken  off  the  reconstruction  delirium,  destroyed  the 
greenback  fallacy  and  survived  the  panic  of  ’73,  Alabama  awoke  to 
full  realization  of  the  new  stru  ggle  she  must  now  enter  upon.  Then 
began  a conscious  effort  for  industrial,  agricultural  and  educa- 
tional rehabilitation,  which,  continued  unremittingly  through  thirty-five 
long  years,  has  won  a victory  so  stupendous  as  to  command  recognition 
from  the  world  at  large. 

This  peaceful  victory  and  the  moral  heroism  that  brought  it  about  is  one 
of  the  most  hopeful  signs  that  the  principles  of  the  American  democracy 
will  withstand  the  assaults  of  time. 

The  world  at  large  has  been  unable  to  visualize  this  wonderful  progress 
but  the  following  statistics,  from  the  U.  S.  Census  Bureau,  afford  convincing 
evidence  of  its  scope  and  character. 


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The  South 
1880 

Alabama 

1880 

The  South 
1910 

Alabama 

1910 

MANUFACTURES  

$ 477,969,215 

$ 13,566,000 

$ 2,637,117,000 

$ 145,962,000 

CAPITAL  INVESTED  IN 

MANUFACTURING  

$ 272,900,386 

$ 9,668,000 

$ 2,502,490,000 

$ 173,180,000 

MINERALS  

$ 9,877,201 

$ 666,000 

$ 202,388,688 

$ 24,351,000 

FARM  PRODUCTS 

$ 666,451,797 

$ 56,873,000 

$ 1,921,730,571 

$ 170,950,000 

LUMBER  OUTPUT 

$ 40,950,861 

$ 2,712,000 

$ 413,866,101 

$ 26,058,000 

RAILROAD  MILEAGE 

22,846  Miles 

1,832  Miles 

80,676  Miles 

5,226  Miles 

WEALTH  

$7,641,000,000 

$428,000,000 

$37,938,964,488 

$2,127,000,000 

PERCENTAGE  OF  INCREASE  IN  THIRTY  YEARS,  1880  TO  1910 


Alabama 

The  South 

United 

States 

MANUFACTURES  

975.9 

451.7 

284.9 

CAPITAL  INVESTED  IN  MANUFACTURING 

1691.2 

816.9 

560.4 

MINERALS  

3556.3 

1949.0 

482.8 

FARM  PRODUCTS 

200.6 

188.3 

147.9 

LUMBER  OUTPUT 

860.8 

910.6 

222.1 

RAILROAD  MILEAGE 

185.3 

253.1 

168.1 

WEALTH  

397.0 

396.5 

330.2 

Note  particularly  the  percentage  of  increase  for  Alabama  as  compared 
with  that  of  the  United  States  as  a whole. 

In  every  instance  Alabama  has  advanced  more  rapidly  than  the  United 
States,  an  achievement  accomplished  through  well  applied  effort  on  the 
basis  of  a remarkable  store  of  natural  resources. 


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HUNTING  AND  FISHING  IN  ALABAMA 


By  John  H.  Wallace,  Jr.,  State  Game  and  Fish  Commissioner. 


LABAMA  was  the  pioneer  Southern 
State  to  adopt  a general  scheme  for  the 
conservation  of  her  birds,  game  and 
fish.  Prior  to  the  enactment  of  the 
State-wide  laws  on  this  subject,  passed 
in  1907,  the  rapaciousness  of  the  pot- 
hunters and  game-hogs  was  sought  to 
be  held  in  check  by  purely  local  game 
and  fish  laws.  These  proved  to  be  mere 
| nullities  on  the  statute  books  for  the  reason  that  they 
| they  were  never  enforced  and  were  openly  and  notori- 
| ousiy  disregarded. 

j The  people  of  Alabama  came  to  realize  that  the  fin,  fur 
| and  feather  of  the  State  is  a source  of  vast  economic 
1 wealth,  and  that  the  wild  life  and  fish  should  be  con- 
| served  and  protected.  Conservation  does  not  mean  pre- 
| venting  the  use  of  our  natural  wealth,  as  a miser  would 
| lock  and  hoard  his  gold,  but  the  encouragement  of  a wise 
| and  careful  use  of  our  natural  heritage,  taking  there- 
| from  only  sufficient  quantity  to  supply  our  needs,  with 
| the  full  realization  that  we  are  the  trustees  of  future 
| generations. 

BIRDS  AND  GAME 

| The  birds  and  game  of  Alabama  are  of  great  value  in 
| furnishing  to  our  people  appetizing  articles  of  food.  In 
| the  pursuit  of  these  wild  creatures  much  healthful  recre- 
| ation  is  afforded.  Game  and  birds  on  a farm  make  the 
| land  more  valuable  by  destroying  harmful  reptiles  and 
| insect  pests.  Our  agriculturists  have  realized  the  part 
| that  birds  play  in  co-operating  with  the  tillers  of  the  soil 
| in  making  good  crops,  and  have  helped  to  call  a halt  on 
| the  reckless  and  wanton  slaughter  of  the  feathered  in- 
I habitants  of  their  farm  lands,  orchards  and  woodlots. 

| The  quail  is  perhaps  the  most  valuable  game  bird  in 
| the  South;  these  are  found  in  the  greatest  abundance  in 
I every  county  of  Alabama.  The  bag-limit  of  twenty-five 
| birds  in  any  one  day  can  be  easily  attained  within  a few 
| miles  of  the  most  populous  centres. 

| The  wild  turkey,  that  handsome  aristocrat  of  the  for- 
I est,  is  also  plentiful  in  every  county;  these  birds  have 
| largely  increased  during  the  last  ten  years.  At  Monroe- 


THE  LORDLY  WILD  TURKEY  STILL  FINDS  A CONGENIAL  I 
HOME  IN  THE  FORESTS  OF  ALABAMA. 

vilfe,  the  county  seat  of  Monroe  county,  in  the  spring  of  § 
the  year,  wild  turkey  gobblers  can  be  heard  from  the  j 
court  house,  shouting  their  mating-call,  and  recently  a | 
wild  turkey  gobbler,  flushed  within  the  corporate  limits,  | 
was  shot  on  the  wing  and  fell  on  the  court  house  steps  of  1 
the  Monroe  county  capital. 

Deer  abound  in  many  parts  of  the  State;  one  gentle-  | 
man  who  owns  a game  preserve  of  approximately  twelve  | 
thousand  acres,  had  about  a dozen  deer  on  his  holdings  a | 


1 A SPLENDID  CATCH  OF  RED  FISH  AND  SHEEPHEAD,  TAKEN  IN  PORTERSVILLE  BAY.  OFF  CODEN,  ALABAMA.  THE  RED  I 
FISH  SHOWN  RANGE  IN  WEIGHT  FROM  SIX  TO  TWENTY-FIVE  POUNDS. 


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number  of  years  ago;  these  have  multiplied  to  such  an 
extent  that  there  are  now  known  to  be  more  than  four 
hundred  of  these  animals  on  his  property. 

Big  game  hunters  find  all  the  thrill  and  excitement 
that  abounds  in  primeval  forests  in  hunting  black  bear 
in  the  southwestern  section  of  the  State  where  annually 
a large  number  of  these  animals  are  killed. 

Wild  duck  and  wild  goose  shooting  during  the  fall  and 
winter  months  is  very  fine  along  the  many  rivers  that 
traverse  Alabama,  on  its  ponds  and  lakes  and  the  bays 
and  estuaries  down  Mobile  way. 

There  are  also  heavy  flights  of  snipe,  woodcock  and 
plover  through  the  woods  of  Alabama  each  year. 


FISH 


| Alabama  is  the  natural  home  of  the  black  bass,  the 
1 gamest  fish  to  its  inches  that  swims.  The  hundreds  of 
1 clear,  swift  running  streams  in  the  State  teem  with  bass 
1 of  several  varieties. 

| Bream  fishing  is  also  an  attractive  sport  in  the 
| streams  and  lakes.  In  the  larger  rivers,  commercial 
| fishermen  take  cat-fishes,  buffalo,  drum,  and  shad.  In 
1 the  salt  and  brackish  waters  of  Mobile  and  Baldwin 
1 counties,  the  pompano,  crevalle,  sea-bass,  flounder,  red 
I snapper,  tarpon,  mullett,  Spanish  mackerel,  sheepshead 
1 and  numerous  other  desirable  game  fish  occur  in  the 
I greatest  conceivable  abundance. 

FOX  HUNTING 


§ Fox-hunting  is  very  popular  sport,  indulged  in  by  a 
| great  many  lovers  of  the  chase  in  all  stations  of  life, 
| who  delight  in  following  the  red  and  gray  foxes  that  are 
I found  in  Alabama  in  large  numbers,  with  some  of  the 
| finest  packs  of  hounds  to  be  found  on  the  American  con- 
i tinent. 


SQUIRRELS,  OPOSSUMS  AND  RACCOONS 

| Two  species  of  squirrels  are  found  in  Alabama,  the 
1 common  gray  and  the  red  fox  squirrels  are  esteemed  by 


BLACK  BASS,  THE  GAMEST  FIGHTER  TO  HIS  WEIGHT. 

The  Large  and  Small  Mouthed  Black  Bass  are  Found  in  all  the 
Creeks,  Rivers  and  Lakes  of  Alabama. 

many  of  our  people  as  being  a most  highly  prized  species 
of  game  and  in  hunting  time  much  pleasure  and  sport  is 
enjoyed.  Squirrels  abound  in  practically  every  woodland 
cf  any  size  in  the  State. 

In  the  autumn  and  early  winter  months,  the  resonant 
reverberations  of  the  “coon”  and  “possum”  hunters’ 
horns  can  be  heard  almost  any  clear  night  in  every  rural 
community;  these  nocturnal  hunters  invariably  meet 
with  success. 


CONCLUSION 

The  sport-loving  individual,  therefore,  in  quest  of  rec- 
reation and  the  pursuit  of  the  elusive  denizens  of  field, 
forest  and  stream,  finds  in  Alabama  such  an  infinite  va- 
riety of  birds,  game  and  fish,  abounding  in  such  goodly 
numbers,  as  to  bring  contentment  and  requitement  to  the 
most  rapacious  hunter  or  fisherman. 


| During 
| 1910-15 

I Alabama’s 
1 salary  list 
| increased 
| 26  4/10% 


During 
1910-15 
Alabama’s 
manufactures 
increased 
26  6/10%. 


THE  QUAIL,  PRINCE  OF  THE  FEATHERED  TRIBES  OF  FIELD  AND  FOREST,  IS 
CAREFULLY  PROTECTED  BY  THE  GAME  LAWS  OF  ALABAMA. 

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CLIMATE  OF  ALABAMA 


By  P.  H.  Smyth,  Meteorologist. 


HHEN  we  speak  oi’  write  of  climate  we  mean 
the  aggregate  of  weather  or  meteorolog- 
ical phenomena  that  characterize  the  aver 
age  condition  of  the  atmosphere  at  any 
one  place  on  the  surface  of  the  earth.  To 
quote  from  Hann’s  Climatology,  “That 
which  we  call  weather  is  only  one  phase  in 
the  succession  of  phenomena  whose  com- 
plete cycle,  recurring  with  greater  or  less 
uniformity  every  year,  constitutes  the 
climate  of  any  locality.”  Climate  is  the  sum  total  of 
the  weather  as  usually  experienced  during  a longer  or 
shorter  period  of  time  at  any  given  season.  An  account 
of  climate,  therefore,  means  a description  of  the  average 
state  of  the  atmosphere. 

The  most  important  climatic  elements  are,  first,  tem- 
perature; second,  different  forms  of  moisture,  as  vapor, 
cloudiness  and  precipitation  (rain,  hail,  snow  or  sleet); 
third,  wind. 

Atmospheric  pressure  is  not  considered  as  a climatic 
element,  except  in  limited  regions  of  great  altitudes,  and 
then  principally  on  account  of  its  effects  on  animal  or- 
ganisms. “In  considering  atmospheric  conditions  with 
relation  to  vegetation,  temperature  alone  is  not  the  only 
important  element,  for  the  flow  of  sap,  evaporation  from 
the  leaves  and  the  general  development  of  the  plant,  de- 
pend almost  equally  on  the  movement  and  dryness  of  the 
air  as  they  do  upon  the  temperature  of  the  air. 

The  factors  controlling  the  climate  of  Alabama,  such 
as  its  geographic  position,  elevation  above  sea-level, 
arrangement  of  highlands,  proximity  to  the  Gulf  of  Mex- 
ico, and  prevailing  winds,  all  tend  toward  a temperate 
and  comparatively  uniform  climate,  with  extremes  of 
temperature  uncommon. 

Severe  cold  weather  seldom  occurs  in  Alabama,  and 
freezing  temperature  rarely  continues  longer  than  48  con- 
secutive hours. 

The  summers  while  long  are  not  extremely  warm  and, 
even  in  midsummer  the  nights  are  as  a rule  comfortable. 

Snow  rarely  falls,  except  in  the  northern  counties, 
where  it  occurs  on  an  average  of  about  twice  each  win- 
ter, and  seldom  remains  on  the  ground  for  a period  of 
more  than  48  hours. 

The  rainfall  is  fully  sufficient  for  agricultural  needs 
and  generally  well-distributed,  except  along  the  Gulf 
coast,  where  it  is  quite  copious. 

The  average  length  of  the  crop-growing  season  in  the 
extreme  northern  counties,  is  about  200  days;  in  middle 
counties,  210  to  240  days;  in  southern  counties,  except 
Mobile  and  Baldwin,  240  to  250  days,  and  in  Mobile  and 
Baldwin  counties,  250  to  260  days.  The  growing  season 
is  so  extended  that  two,  and  sometimes  three,  minor 
crons  are  raised  on  the  same  ground  in  one  year. 

The  following  is  a more  detailed  statement  of  the  cli- 
mate of  Alabama: 

Temperature. — The  average  temperature  of  the  State 
as  a whole,  is  63°;  of  the  northern  portion,  61°;  of  the 
middle  portion,  64°;  of  the  southern  portion,  65°.  The 
mean  temperature  is  highest  in  Baldwin  and  Mobile 
counties,  and  lowest  in  DeKalb  county  in  the  northeast- 
ern portion  of  the  State.  The  highest  mean  temperature 
is  67°,  and  the  lowest  59°.  The  average  temperature  by 
seasons  for  the  State  as  a whole,  are  as  follows:  Winter, 
46°;  spring,  63°;  summer,  79°;  autumn,  64°.  The  aver- 
age summer  maximum  temperature  is  90°,  and  the  aver- 
age winter  minimum  temperature  is  35°.  The  highest 
temperature  of  record  in  the  State,  is  109°,  which  oc- 
curred at  Lincoln,  Talladega  county,  July  7,  1902,  and  at 
Maple  Grove,  Cherokee  county,  June  26,  1914.  The  low- 
est temperature  of  record  in  the  State,  is  18°  below  zero, 
which  occurred  at  Valley  Head,  DeKalb  county,  February 
14,  1905. 


The  average  number  of  days  during  the  year  with  the  | 
temperature  above  90°,  is  62,  with  the  temperature  below  1 
32°,  35.  | 

On  February  13,  1899,  the  temperature  fell  to  5°  below  | 
zero  at  Montgomery,  and  to  1°  below  zero  at  Mobile;  the  | 
coldest  weather  ever  recorded  or  remembered  in  the  1 
southern  portion  of  the  State.  | 

Killing  frost. — The  average  dates  of  the  last  killing  | 
frost  in  spring,  are  as  follows:  In  Baldwin  and  Mobile  | 
counties,  March  1st,  to  March  11th;  in  the  remainder  of  1 
the  southern  portion,  March  11th,  to  March  21st;  in  the  § 
middle  portion,  March  21st  to  April  1st,  and  in  the  north-  | 
ern  portion,  April  1st,  to  April  11th. 

The  average  dates  of  the  first  killing  frost  in  autumn,  1 
are  as  follows:  In  the  northern  portion,  October  21st,  1 
to  November  1st;  in  the  middle  portion,  November  1st,  g 
to  November  11th;  in  the  southern  portion,  except  Bald-  | 
win  and  Mobile  counties,  November  11th;  in  Mobile  and  | 
Baldwin  counties,  November  11th,  to  21st,  or  later. 

The  latest  known  killing  frost  occurred  May  2.  1897,  at  1 
Oneonta,  Blount  county;  with  this  exception,  the  latest  I 
killing  frost  of  record  occurred  April  30th,  at  Valley  § 
Head,  DeKalb  county.  The  earliest  killing  frost,  of  | 
which  there  is  official  record,  occurred  October  2d,  at  1 
Decatur,  Morgan  county.  However,  the  co-operative  ob-  | 
server  at  Oneonta  reports  that  there  is  a record  of  a | 
killing  frost  at  that  place  occurring  on  September  4,  1 
1866. 

Precipitation. — The  annual  average  for  the  State  as  a | 
whole,  is  51  inches.  The  annual  average  for  the  northern  i 
portion  is  51  inches,  and  for  the  southern  portion,  51  § 
inches.  The  greatest  annual  average  is  in  the  southwest-  I 
ern  counties  bordering  on  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  where  it  is  I 
between  60  and  63  inches.  Another  area  of  copious  pre-  J 
cipitation  is  in  the  mountainous,  or  north-central  and  J 
northeastern  portions  of  the  State,  where  it  averages  be-  I 
tween  53  and  57  inches.  The  region  of  least  precipita-  I 
tion  is  near  the  center  of  the  State,  where  the  annual  | 
average  is  about  48  inches. 

The  precipitation  is,  as  a rule,  well  distributed  in  the  | 
growing  seasons.  The  autumns  are,  in  general,  favora-  I 
ble  for  the  maturing  and  harvesting  of  the  staple  crops.  I 

Wind. — The  prevailing  direction  of  the  wind  for  the  § 
year  is  south;  for  winter,  north;  spring,  south;  summer,  § 
south;  September,  east,  and  remainder  of  the  autumn,  I 
north.  The  highest  velocity  recorded  in  the  State  was  72  § 
miles  per  hour,  from  the  southeast,  at  Mobile,  October  f 
2,  1893. 

During  the  passage  of  general  storms  over,  and  to  the  | 
north  of  this  section,  destructive  local  windstorms,  or  | 
tornadoes,  sometimes  occur.  March  and  April  are  the  j 
months  of  greatest  frequency  of  such  storms. 

The  coast  regions  of  the  State  are  sometimes  visited  j 
by  West  Indian  storms  that  are  very  destructive.  On  an  | 
average  of  about  once  in  each  seven  years  one  of  these  | 
severe  tropical  storms  reaches  some  portion  of  the  Gulf  I 
coast. 

Fog. — Dense  fog  seldom  occurs,  and  then,  as  a rule,  in  I 
the  winter  and  spring  months,  and  is  usually  confined  to  j 
the  coast  region. 

Hail. — Hail  occurs  occasionally  during  the  spring  and  | 
summer  months,  but  destructive  hailstorms  are  rare. 

Thunderstorms. — Thunderstorms  occur  in  some  por-  | 
tion  of  the  State  in  every  month  of  the  year,  being  most  g 
frequent  in  the  summer  months.  They  are  most  severe  I 
in  the  west-central  counties  and  along  the  Gulf  coast. 

Droughts. — Droughty  conditions  sometimes  prevail  in  g 
the  State;  usually  between  the  months  of  May  and  No-  | 
vember.  These  droughts,  however,  are,  as  a rule,  local.  | 
General  droughts  that  were  especially  noteworthy  oc*  g 
curred  in  1839-40.  1845,  1851,  1853  and  1904. 


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THE  THREE  NATURAL  DIVISIONS  | 
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THE  TENNESSEE  VALLEY 

HIS  valley  is,  more  properly  speaking,  a plateau,  the  northern 
part  of  which  is  traversed  the  whole  width  of  the  State  by  the 
Tennessee  River,  and  is  considered  the  Blue  Grass  Country  of 
the  New  South.  It  has  a deep  red  clay  soil,  well  drained.  It  is 
a wonderful  producer  of  live  stock  and  grains. 

On  the  Tennessee  River  just  above  the  cities  of  Florence, 
Tuscumbia  and  Sheffield,  is  the  famous  Muscle  Shoals,  the 
greatest  undeveloped  water  power  in  the  world. 

The  Southern  rim  of  this  valley  or  plateau  is  a low  ridge  of  mountains 
underlaid  with  the  richest  deposits  of  iron,  coal  and  marble  in  the  world.  In 
the  midst  of  this  mineral  section  is  located  Birmingham,  the  greatest  iron 
making  and  manufacturing  center  in  the  South. 

THE  BLACK  BELT 

The  Black  Belt  of  Alabama  is  so  called  because  of  its  soil  characteristics 
and  not  on  account  of  its  excess  of  negro  population,  as  so  many  of  our 
Northern  friends  imagine.  It  embraces  that  level  and  slightly  rollng  prairie 
belt  between  the  mineral  section  and  the  Coastal  Plain. 

While  much  of  this  land  has  been  grown  to  cotton  continuously  for  from 
fifty  to  seventy-five  years,  yet  it  is  remarkably  fertile  and,  without  commer- 
cial fertilizer,  often  produces  a bale  of  cotton  to  the  acre. 

Live  stock  and  alfalfa  are  fast  transforming  this  section  from  a cotton 
growing  to  a stock  raising  country.  Here  more  than  elsewhere  in  the  State 
diversification  is  practiced. 

Notwithstanding  the  reasonable  price  of  land  in  this  section  the  living 
conditions  are  of  the  highest  order.  One  may  enjoy  the  social  advantages 
of  the  capital,  Montgomery ; of  Selma,  that  typical  city  of  the  Old  South ; 
and  of  a dozen  smaller  and  yet  progressive  towns  in  this  section. 

THE  GULF  COAST  PLAIN 

The  Gulf  Coast  plain  of  Alabama  embraces  the  entire  southern  portion 
of  the  State  from  Washington  county  on  the  west  on  through  to  Henry 
county  on  the  east. 

The  climate  is  remarkably  equable  due  to  the  nearness  of  the  Gulf.  The 
pleasant  Gulf  breezes  are  felt  nearly  every  day  in  the  summer,  and  in  the 
winter  the  cold  is  tempered  by  the  waters  of  this  mighty  sea  so  that  orange 
trees  thrive  throughout  the  section.  Carload  shipments  of  Satsuma  oranges, 
peaches  and  strawberries  run  into  the  thousands  every  season. 

The  topography  varies  from  level  to  gently  rolling,  with  small  streams 
at  frequent  intervals,  affording  perfect  drainage. 

The  soil  is  sandy  loam,  easily  worked  and  yields  quick  returns  to  the 
farmer  and  truck  grower,  with  Mobile  a prosperous  sea  port  city  offering  a 
ready  market  as  well  as  unexcelled  shipping  facilities.  This  region  in  many 
respects  offers  the  greatest  opportunities  to  be  found  in  the  State. 


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Sixty-Seven  Counties 


The  Counties 

of  Alabama 

Key 

Counties.  to  Map. 

Autauga  

H 

6 

Baldwin  

M 

3 

Barbour  

...J 

9 

Bibb  

..G 

4 

Blount  

,.D 

6 

Bullock  

...I 

8 

Butler  

...J 

6 

Calhoun  

..D 

8 

Chambers  ... 

,C 

9 

Cherokee  

...C 

8 

Chilton  

...G 

6 

Choctaw  

J 

1 

Clarke  

K 

2 

Clay  

...F 

8 

Cleburne  

E 

9 

Coffee  

K 

8 

Colbert  

...A 

2 

Conecuh 

K 

5 

Coosa  

...G 

7 

Covington  ... 

...L 

6 

Crenshaw  .... 

J 

7 

Cullman  

...C 

5 

Dale  

...K 

8 

Dallas  

I 

5 

DeKalb  

B 

8 

Elmore  

H 

7 

Escambia  

L 

4 

Etowah  

D 

7 

Fayette  

D 

3 

Franklin  

B 

2 

Geneva  

L 

8 

Greene  

...G 

2 

Hale  

G 

3 

Henry  

K : 

10 

Houston 

L 

10 

Jackson  

...A 

8 

Jefferson 

E 

5 

Lamar 

D 

2 

Lauderdale 

...A 

2 

Lawrence  .... 

B 

4 

Lee  

H 

9 

Limestone 

...A 

5 

Lowndes  

I 

6 

Macon  

H 

8 

Madison  

...A 

6 

Marengo  

I 

2 

Marion  

G 

2 

Marshall  

B 

7 

Mobile  

...M 

1 

Monroe  

K 

4 

Montgomery  H 

7 

Morgan  

B 

5 

Perry  

...H 

4 

Pickens  

.F 

2 

Pike  

J 

8 

Randolph  .... 

F 

9 

Russell  

...1 

10 

St.  Clair 

D 

7 

Shelby  

F 

6 

Sumter  

H 

1 

Talladega  ... 

F 

7 

Tallapoosa  . 

G 

8 

Tuscaloosa  . 

F 

3 

Walker  

D 

1 

Washington 

K 

1 

Wilcox  

J 

4 

Winston  

C 

3 

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AUTAUGA  COUNTY 


lHE  capital  is  Prattville,  a manufacturing  town, 
founded  by  Daniel  Pratt,  a New  Englander,  who 
■ ! came  here  in  1833.  Mr.  Pratt  built  an  extensive 

cotton  mill  and  the  most  notable  cotton  gin  fac- 
' tory  in  the  United  States.  He  added  a wool 

factory,  an  iron  foundry,  a saw  mill,  and  a sash  and 
blind  factory.  Prattville  is  practically  the  geographical 
center  of  Alabama. 

Autauga  County  reflects,  as  a mirror,  the  State  of 
Alabama  in  its  physical  character.  The  climate,  nature 
of  the  soil,  wood  and  water  invite  to  the  pursuit  of  the 
great  majority  of  all  human  energies,  known  to  modern 
times. 

There  are  no  seasons  of  the  twelve  months  which  act 
to  suspend  for  a day  outdoor  productive  labor.  A win- 
ter that  brings  a single  flake  of  snow  is  phenomenal. 
The  land  and  the  seasons  urge  enterprising  farmers  to 
follow  one  crop  by  another  on  the  same  fields  throughout 
the  year. 

The  summer  temperature  is  mean  80  Fahrenheit, 
shown  by  the  United  States  Weather  Bureau  at  Mont- 
gomery, just  across  the  Alabama  river.  Rainfall  is  51 
inches,  distributed  through  the  twelve  months  with  help- 
ful aid  to  crops  and  health  of  inhabitants.  The  effect, 
too,  is  a bountiful  supply  of  constantly  flowing  streams 
for  manufacturing  and  for  live  stock  raising.  Besides 
the  abundant  surface  water,  artesian  wells  from  fifty  to 
three  hundred  and  fifty  feet  deep,  afford  all  the  pure 
water  required. 

Montgomery  and  Selma  are  market  places  for  Au- 
tauga County,  Both  cities  have  plentiful  facilities,  con- 
necting them  by  banks  and  railroads  with  the  markets  of 
the  United  States.  The  Alabama  river  floats  fine  steam- 
ers to  and  fro  between  deep  water  at  Mobile  and  hun- 
dreds of  interior  landings.  Several  trunk  railroads,  the 
Louisville  & Nashville,  the  Southern,  and  the  Mobile  & 
Ohio  cross  the  county.  New  Orleans,  Pensacola  and 
Birmingham  are  markets. 

The  improved  public  road,  the  free  public  school,  the 
Polytechnic  Institute,  where  agriculture  is  taught  prac- 
tically and  on  a large  scale,  and  state  regulation  of  traf- 
fic transportation,  are  instances  of  State  providence  in 
support  of  the  farmers. 


AN  AUTAUGA  COUNTY  PURE  BRED  SHORTHORN  BULL. 


AUTAUGA  PURE  BRED  PORKERS  FIND  A READY  MARKET. 


PRATTVILLE 

Prattville  is  one  of  the  most  wide-awake  and  progres- 
sive little  cities  of  central  Alabama.  It  is  the  county 
seat  of  Autauga  County  and  situated  near  the  center  of 
the  State.  It  was  founded  by  Mr.  Daniel  Pratt  many 
years  ago,  and  few  places  of  Prattville’s  size  are  so 
world  renowned. 

The  famous  Daniel  Pratt  gin  has  been  manufactured 
here  for  almost  a century,  this  being  the  native  town  of 
that  famous  invention.  Prattville  has  today  the  largest 
manufacturing  plant  of  the  Continental  Gin  Company 
and  the  Pratt  gin  is  still  made  here.  In  addition  to  this 
gin  factory  two  large  cotton  mills  are  in  constant  opera- 
tion. These  manufacturing  plants  give  employment  to 
hundreds  of  men.  The  population  of  Prattville  is  about 
2,500  and  it  enjoys  all  of  the  latest  conveniences — elec- 
tric lights  and  water  works  with  artesian  water  plentiful 
all  over  the  city. 

There  are  two  strong  banks — The  Autauga  Banking  & 
Trust  Company  with  capital  of  $150,000.00,  and  the  First 
National  Bank  with  capital  of  $50,000.00.  Prattville, 
being  on  Autauga  Creek,  has  an  ample  water  supply, 
which  is  utilized  partly  by  both  the  large  manufacturing 
plants  located  here.  It  is  surrounded  by  a very  fine 
farming  country  and  the  people  are  wide  awake  and 
progressive.  Two  railroads,  the  Louisville  & Nashville, 
and  the  Mobile  & Ohio,  afford  excellent  shipping  facili- 
ties. 

The  mercantile  business  here  is  abreast  of  the  times, 
and  prosperity  is  written  upon  the  door  posts  of  the 
stores.  Prattville  has  the  advantage  of  most  other  cities 
of  its  size  in  the  fact  that  it  is  not  only  backed  up  by  an 
excellent  farming  country,  but  the  factories  and  shops 
here  contribute  large  sums  in  monthly  payrolls  which 
gives  it  prestige  financially. 

There  are  four  beautiful  churches — Methodist,  Bap- 
tist, Presbyterian  and  Episcopal.  The  Autauga  County 
High  School  and  the  Prattville  Graded  School  gives  it 
ample  educational  advantages.  Prattville  stands  in  the 
forefront  among  her  sister  cities  in  Alabama. 


“I  thoroughly  believe  that  the  cheapest  lands,  meas- 
ured by  actual  worth,  in  the  United  States,  are  in  Ala- 
bama. I am  convinced  that  the  summers  are  not  longer 
than  in  Iowa  (my  state)  and  the  winters  are  certainly 
much  shorter  and  less  severe." — Hon.  Leslie  M.  Shaw, 
ex-Governor  of  Iowa. 


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BOOK 


| THE  MARBURY  LUMBER  COMPANY 

I SOLVES  THE  “CUT-OVER  LAND”  PROBLEM 


P IN  the  Marbury  Plateau  section  of 
Autauga  county,  Mr.  D.  H.  Marbury  has 
devoted  years  to  the  study  of  the  vexed 
| problem  of  what  to  do  with  cut-over  lands. 

The  results  of  his  labors  are  set  down  in  a 
j business-like  booklet  that  is  free  for  the  asking, 
| and  the  pictures  on  this  page  are  suggestive  of 
| the  possibilities. 

Better  still  is  a visit  to  this  thriving  commu- 
| nity,  where  success  awaits  the  industrious  and 
| where  merit  is  at  a premium. 


MR.  D.  H.  MARBURY  INSPECTING  THE  CORN  ON  HIS  BIG  I 
PLANTATION.  i 


SPECIFIC  OPPORTU-  | 
NITIES  | 

A Fine  Plantation 

1,280  acres  within  i/2  mile  of  g 
railroad  where  there  is  a good  j§ 
school,  church,  saw  mill  and  ff 
store.  From  this  tract  there  = 
can  be  gotten  800  acres  which  |§ 
are  practically  level,  balance  is  !j§ 
slightly  rolling.  The  entire  tract  = 
is  well  watered  and  can  be  made  f| 
one  of  the  best  stock  and  grain  If 
farms  to  be  had  in  the  South,  g 
More  land  can  be  had  adjoining  || 
this  tract  if  desired.  Get  our  |§ 
price  and  terms.  Will  exchange  §§ 
for  city  property. 

For  Salaried  People  | 

A number  of  salaried  people  = 
have  bought  property  at  Mar-  H 
bury,  only  28  miles  from  Mont-  {§ 
gomery,  on  the  main  line  of  the  f§ 
L.  & N.  R.  R.  They  have  their  |f 
families  living  on  a farm  or  in  § 
the  town,  while  the  man  pursues  1 
his  vocation  in  the  city,  going  g 
home  to  his  family  every  Satur-  || 
day.  Some  go  home  every  night  |§ 
and  return  in  the  morning.  If 

They  pay  for  the  land  the  same  as  rent,  from  $10  a month  up.  In  a few  years  they  will  have  the  farm  paid  for,  will  have  chickens,  hogs  |§ 
and  cattle,  a farm  worth  more  than  when  they  bought  it.  Then — independence  for  life.  “Go  thou  and  do  likewise.” 


‘UP  TO  THEIR  KNEES  IN  CLOVER1’  ON  THE  MARBURY  PLANTATION. 


We  are  owners  who  live  on  our  lands,  conduct  a demonstration  farm,  and  can  tell  you  what  I 
| and  when  to  plant.  Our  responsibility  may  be  ascertained  from  Dunn’s,  Bradstreet’s,  or  any  bank  | 
| in  Alabama. 

For  detailed  information  about  any  section  of  the  Marbury  Plateau,  write: 


| THE  MARBURY  LUMBER  COMPANY 

| MARBURY,  ALA., 

| OR 

| CHAS.  R.  RUSSELL,  Manager, 

| Phone  1538.  22  Commerce  Street,  Montgomery,  Ala.  I 

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BALDWIN 


THE  CALL  OF  THE  SOUTHLAND 

Can’t  you  hear  the  Sunny  Southland 
Calling,  calling  you  away, 

From  the  drear  and  icy  Northland, 

Can’t  you  hurry  on  your  way? 

Down  where  the  teeming  earth 

Exerts  her  calm  and  genial  powers, 

To  spread  in  fair  profusion 

Her  sweetest  fruits  and  flowers. 

Down  where  the  smiling  Gulf 
In  gentle  waves  appears 
To  temper  into  balminess 
The  tranquil  atmospheres. 

Down  where  the  land  is  blest 
With  sun  and  ample  showers, 

To  turn  it  into  pleasant 

And  most  enchanted  bowers. 

Down  where  you  can  live 

In  comfort  all  year  through, 

Where  summer’s  heat  nor  winter’s  blast 
Will  sear  or  shrivel  you. 

Can’t  you  hear  the  balmy  Southland, 

Calling,  calling  you  away 
From  the  dread  of  ice-bound  winter 
To  the  sweet  gum  and  the  bay; 

From  the  drear  and  frozen  landscape, 

With  its  snowy  glaring  shine, 

To  the  emerald  of  the  orange, 

The  grapefruit  and  the  pine; 

From  the  heat  of  stuffy  furnace 
To  the  warmness  of  the  sun, 

From  the  indoor  palling  pastime, 

To  the  outdoor  wholesome  fun? 

Can’t  you  feel  that  constant  yearning 
Imploring  at  your  heart, 

Bidding  you  to  leave  the  Northland? 

Then,  get  ready  and  depart. 

— Frank  Fesler,  in  The  Onlooker. 


THE  CALL  OF  THE  SOUTHLAND. 


COUNTY 


MOSS  HUNG  OAKS  “AND  MOST  ENCHANTED  BOWERS” 


THE  PINE— THE  SWEET  GUM  AND  THE  BAY. 


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WHERE  THE  BREAKERS  COME  ROLLING  IN  FROM  THE  GULF;  THE  SURF  AND  THE  SAND  DUNES. 


BALDWIN  COUNTY  DESCRIPTION 


HE  Gulf  of  Mexico,  that  immense  body  of  warm 
salt  water,  is  to  Baldwin  County,  Alabama, 
what  the  Mediterranean  Sea  is  to  the  Riviera  of 
Italy,  which,  with  its  semi-tropical  growths  and 
even  climate,  has  been  the  haven  of  European 
tourists  for  centuries.  By  those  who  know  both  it  is 
claimed  that  Baldwin  County  will,  in  the  near  future,  be 
as  eagerly  sought  by  the  tourists  of  this  continent  for  its 
equable  climate  and  pleasing  environs  as  is  the  Riviera 
by  the  tourists  of  continental  Europe. 

There  is  also  a similarity  in  the  climatic  conditions  of 
Baldwin  County  and  Southern  California.  Both  are  ex- 
empt from  the  cold,  protracted  winters  that  prevail  over 
the  greater  portion  of  the  United  States,  and  therefore 


can  have,  with  proper  care  and  cultivation,  blooming  J 
flowers  and  garden  vegetables  out  of  doors-  the  whole  § 
year  round;  and  that  the  soil  in  certain  localities  con-  | 
tains  the  same  elements  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  | 
trees,  shrubs  and  other  plants  of  like  varieties  are  found  | 
in  both  regions.  The  greatest  difference,  aside  from  the  | 
scenery,  is  in  the  amount  of  rainfall.  As  is  well  known,  | 
Southern  California  has  only  two  seasons — the  rainy  and  1 
the  dry.  The  former  embraces  the  winter  months,  occa-  § 
sionally  extending  over  into  early  spring,  and  the  latter,  | 
the  remainder  of  the  year;  while  in  Baldwin  County  | 
there  is  an  abundant  rainfall  well  distributed  through-  | 
out  the  year. 


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BALDWIN  COUNTY’S  CLIMATE 


SOME  SCENES  ON  OUR  BEAUTIFUL  RIVERS. 


The  Soil  Survey  Report  of  Baldwin  County,  issued  by 
| the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  in  1911,  is  author- 
| ity  for  the  following:  “The  climate  of  this  area  may  be 
| described  as  warm  temperate.  The  winters  are  mild,  the 
| weather  much  of  the  time  being  clear  and  pleasant.  The 
| summers,  while  long,  are  not  unpleasant,  being  agree- 
| ably  tempered  by  the  Gulf  breezes.  The  mean  tempera- 
| ture  during  the  summer  months  is  about  81  degrees 
| Fahr.  There  are  only  a few  days  on  which  the  ther- 
§ mometer  registers  above  90  degrees.  The  nights  are  in- 
| variably  cool.  In  winter  the  ground,  where  unprotected, 
| freezes  a few  times  to  a depth  of  perhaps  one-half  inch.” 
| It  may  not  be  generally  known  that  Baldwin  County  is 
1 not  only  the  largest  county  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  but 
| is  also  one-fourth  larger  than  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
| It  contains  1,620  square  miles  or  1,036,800  acres.  One  of 
| the  two  counties  in  Alabama  that  borders  the  Gulf  of 
| Mexico,  it  has  the  most  extensive  coast  line  of  any  coun- 
| ty  in  any  state  of  the  Union,  and  yet  it  has  but  a very 
| small  amount  of  swamp  along  its  bays  and  tide  water 
| rivers. 

1 One  can  follow  its  shores  in  a boat  for  a distance  of 
| 256  miles  and  pass  from  fresh  water  into  salt  water  and 
| back  again  into  fresh,  since  it  is  almost  entirely  sur- 
| rounded  by  navigable  waters.  Further,  the  entire  county 
| is  watered  by  numerous  spring-fed  streams,  their  num- 
| ber  and  beauty  invariably  making  a most  favorable  im- 
| pression  upon  every  one  who  has  had  the  pleasure  of 
I touring  over  its  broad  acres.  For  the  most  part,  these 


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of  unlimited  power  development,  and  showing  at  a | 
glance  the  admirable  drainage  of  the  land  surface,  which  1 
means  few  mosquitoes  and  no  malaria.  The  high  bluffs,  § 
which  line  the  shores  of  beautiul  Perdido  and  Mobile  | 
Bays,  and  many  of  the  streams,  furnish  the  finest  imag-  g 
inable  sites  for  private  summer  and  winter  homes  and  g 
all-the-year-round  resorts. 

That  part  of  Baldwin  County  between  Alabama  Point  § 
and  Fort  Morgan  is  the  only  beach  on  the  mainland  of  g 
the  entire  Gulf  Coast  suitable  for  surf  bathing,  and  trav-  | 
elers  who  have  seen  it  pronounce  it  the  most  beautiful  i 
in  America.  Why,  these  things  above  mentioned  being  § 
part  of  the  CLIMATIC  advantages  of  Baldwin  County,  | 
are  worth  more  in  our  humble  opinion,  to  our  people  and  | 
to  all  who  shall  take  advantage  of  them,  than  almost  g 
any  other  rich  store  houses  of  treasures.  “Turn  a Los  | 
Angeles  optimist  loose  with  a set  of  our  climatic  I 
charts  and  a soil  analysis  and  he  would  capitalize  | 
this  one  asset  of  ‘Baldwin’s’  opportunity  for  at  least  | 
eight  billion  dollars,  only  he  would  write  it  in  figures  of  | 
burning  bronze.  Provide  him  with  the  additional  fact  | 
that  beef  may  be  produced  for  as  low  as  three  cents  a | 
pound  and  pork  for  from  one  and  three-quarters  to  two  | 
and  a half  cents  a pound  in  ‘Baldwin  County,’  and  he  | 
would  sketch  you  a ten  billion  dollar  rainbow  while  you  | 
blinked  your  eyes.”  And  yet  Baldwin’s  achievement  and  | 
opportunities  are  based  on  a steady,  substantial  growth  | 
rather  than  on  any  rainbow  promises. 


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PART  OF  A BALDWIN  COUNTY  HERD  OF  PURE  BRED 
MILCH  STRAIN  POLLED  DURHAMS. 


BUSTER  MODEL,  A $1,500.00  DUROC  JERSEY  BOAR,  BRED  I 
AND  RAISED  IN  BALDWIN  COUNTY. 


It  is  well  known  that  water  has  an  equalizing  effect  on 
temperature,  absorbing  the  rays  of  the  ardent  summer 
sun  and  effectually  mitigating  the  sting  of  the  winter 
winds  which  now  and  again  attempt  .an  invasion  from 
the  frozen  north.  In  summer 
while  the  people  further  north 
are  sweltering  in  the  heat  which 
even  prevents  rest  at  night,  we 
happy  ones  of  the  Golden.,  Gulf 
Coast  Country,  whei'e  spring  is 
born,  are  rejoicing  in  the  salt  and 
pine  laden  balmy  breezes  caress- 
ing us  to  rest  and  health,  while 
we  escape  the  sudden  changes 
from  freeze  to  thaw  and  then  to 
snow,  sleet  and  cold,  with  the  ac- 
companying grippe,  pneumonia 
and  kindred  diseases. 

The  soil  types,  in  the  main 
similar  to  those  throughout  the 
Golden  Gulf  Coast  country,  and 
consisting  of  black  to  chocolate 
sand-clay  loams,  known  princi- 
pally as  Norfolk,  Orangeburg 
and  Portsmouth  sandy  loams, 
with  the  lighter  sandy  soils  pe- 
culiarly adapted  to  the  growing 
of  citrus  fruits  and  trucking 
crops,  and  all  with  a good  clay 


ESCAPING  SUMMER  HEAT  AND  WINTER  COLD. 


sub-soil,  permit  the  successful  cultivation  of  perhaps  a 
greater  variety  of  products  than  can  be  grown  in  any 
other  like  area  of  the  world.  We  all  know  that  a sandy 
soil  is  a “warm”  soil. 

Now  that  the  cattle  tick  is  be- 
ing eliminated  and  the  razor 
back  hog  and  the  piny  woods 
longhorn  are  being  relegated  to 
the  background;  with  the  Short- 
horn, Hereford  and  several  dairy 
ireeds  of  cattle,  and  the  Poland- 
China,  Duroc-Jersey,  Berkshire, 
and  other  good  breeds  of  hogs 
taking  their  places,  while  scien- 
tific farming  and  live  stock  rais- 
ing are  being  generally  adopted; 
with  silos  and  the  finest  ensilage, 
proper  feeding,  and  other  equal- 
ly important  points  given  de- 
served attention,  Baldwin  Coun- 
ty has  in  sight  its  complete  tri- 
umph as  a livestock  and  dairy 
region.  Owing  to  the  practically 
all-the-year-round  growing  sea- 
son, and  its  mild  winter  climate, 
the  housing  of  animals  and  the 
serious  problems  of  winter  feed- 
ing are  greatly  minimized. 


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A BERKSHIRE  HERD. 


A FARM  SCENE  IN  BALDWIN  COUNTY. 


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NTY  PRODUCTS 


UPLAND  RICE,  A SPLENDID  FEED  CROP. 


PROMISING  COWPEAS. 


VELVET  BEANS,  THE  GREATEST  FORAGE  CROP  KNOWN. 


40  ACRES  SWEET  POTATOES  AVERAGE  250  BUSHELS; 
ONE  ACRE  YIELDS  1,120  BUSHELS. 


25-ACRE  SWEET  POTATO  FIELD  PLANTED  IN  APRIL;  DUG  I 
FIRST  OF  AUGUST;  YIELD  150  BUSHELS  PER  ACRE; 
NETTED  $3,150.00  ABOVE  EXPENSES. 


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Baldwin  County  produces  a wide  range  of  rich  feed  § 
crops,  which  include  practically  all  the  temperate  and  § 
sub-tropical  grasses,  together  with  cowpeas,  soy  beans,  | 
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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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BALDWIN  COUNTY  PRODUCTS 


A BALDWIN  COUNTY  PECAN  GROVE. 

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1 GROWING  VEGETABLES  IN  DECEMBER  IN  BALDWIN  COUNTY 


SOME  SUGAR  CANE. 


Sugar  cane,  Irish  and  sweet  potatoes,  together  with 
every  kind  of  garden  produce,  figs,  grapes  (including  the 
famous  scuppernong),  plums,  peaches,  pears,  the  splen- 
did papershell  PECAN,  the  King  of  Nuts,  and  the  fa- 
mous Sun-Saluted  SATSUMA,  Queen  of  Oranges,  are 
being  grown  profitably. 


THE  FAMOUS  SATSUMA 


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OATS  SOWN  LAST  OF  DECEMBER  CUT  IN  MAY,  YIELD  60  BUSHELS  PER  ACRE. 


Nor  are  all  the  staple  crops,  on  which  our  ancestors 
builded  their  hopes  exclusively,  less  succesful;  when 
proper  care  is  given  them,  corn,  oats,  rye  and  sorghum 
yield  abundantly,  while  with  the  use  of  lime,  even  wheat, 
alfalfa  and  the  other  clovers  have  been  grown. 


ONE  OF  OUR  MODERN  DAIRY  PLANTS. 


APRIL  POTATOES  AND  TOMATOES. 


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| THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

I BALDWIN  COUNTY  PRODUCTS  | 


1 A CLUSTER  OF  18  BALDWIN  COUNTY  GRAPE  FRUIT, 

| WEIGHT  18  POUNDS. 

| But  perhaps,  the  best  possible  illustration  of  BALD- 
| WIN’S  range  and  excellence  of  production  is  shown  in 
| an  altogether  remarkable  private  collection  shown  at  the 
| fairs  and  containing  the  following: 

| Twenty-seven  varieties  of  hay  and  forage  crops — in 
1 bales;  velvet  beans,  Bermuda,  soy  beans,  Kudzu,  sor- 
1 ghum,  crab  grass,  oat  straw,  Mexican  clover,  cowpea 
| vine,  peanut  vine,  teosinte,  crowfoot  grass,  rice  straw, 
| corn  stover,  pearl  millet,  German  millet,  lespedeza 
| (Japan  clover) — sample  bundles;  timothy,  natal  grass, 
| sudan  grass,  bluegrass,  alfalfa,  crimson  clover,  red  do- 
ji ver,  Rhodes  grass,  and  billion  dollar  millet. 

| Two  varieties  of  upland  rice— samples  of  rice  in  the 
| rough  and  hulled  for  table  use — three  varieties  of  oats, 
| one  of  barley,  two  of  wheat,  one  of  rye,  oats  and  wheat 
| in  the  bundle  and  threshed,  and  flax. 

| Four  varieties  of  velvet  beans — in  the  vine  and  hull, 
1 also  hulled,  as  well  as  many  varieties  of  string  and  table 


beans.  Five  varieties  of  cowpeas,  two  of  soy  beans,  and  | 
the  Jack  bean.  | 

Corn — several  varieties  of  white  and  yellow,  and  pro-  | 
lific.  Popcorn,  two  varieties;  broom  corn — splendid  sam- g 
pie,  with  long  and  good  straw;  kaffir,  Milo  maize. 

Sugar  cane — three  varieties.  | 

Five  varieties  of  sweet  potatoes,  including  one  potato  | 
weighing  23  pounds. 

Irish  potatoes— several  varieties. 

Two  varieties  of  Bermuda  onions — sample  weighing  | 
over  two  pounds. 

Peanuts,  three  varieties;  chufas,  a ground  nut  for  hog  § 
feed.  Buckwheat,  samples  from  second  and  third  crops  | 
grown  in  one  year.  | 

Pumpkins  and  squashes — several  varieties.  | 

Dasheens — Used  as  Irish  potatoes.  Cassava — a rich  g 
root  crop.  Spineless  cactus  with  pears. 

Cotton — Common  and  Sea  Island  long  staple. 

Sunflowers;  Calabash  and  Dishrag  gourds,  as  well  as  | 
the  common  varieties.  French  Brierroot,  Eucalyptus,  | 
Camphor  and  Dill  plant  and  Pepper  tree. 

Nuts — Pecan,  wild  seedlings  and  seven  varieties  of  g 
standard  grafted  kinds.  Japan  nuts  and  Persian  or  | 
English  walnuts.  Black  walnuts  and  hickory  nuts — both  | 
native  in  this  section.  Japan  chestnuts  and  Chinese  oil  | 
nuts.  | 

Apples — Five  varieties.  Grapes — 19  varieties,  includ-  | 
ing  seedless  Sultana  and  Thompson’s  seedless. 

Citrus  fruits — 22  varieties,  14  varieties  of  oranges,  in-  | 
eluding  Satsuma,  Ruby,  Pineapple,  Washington  Navel,  | 
Parson  Brown,  Double  Imperial  Navel,  Creole  (seed-  g 
ling),  Mediterranean,  Mandarin,  Tangerine,  Jaffa,  Val-  | 
encia  late,  Hart’s  late  and  Lue  Gim  Gong. 

Two  varieties  of  grapefruit  (Pomelo).  Three  varie-  | 
ties  of  lemons.  Three  varieties  of  kumquats.  One  lo-  § 
quat.  Two  varieties  of  plums.  Two  varieties  of  cher-  g 
ries.  Three  varieties  of  figs.  Seven  varieties  of  pears,  g 
Two  varieties  of  quinces. 

Several  varieties  of  peaches.  Three  varieties  of  Japan-  | 
ese  persimmons.  Two  varieties  of  apricots.  One  of  ol-  1 
ives  and  one  of  dates.  Mulberries,  dewberries,  blackber-  | 
ries,  Himalaya  and  Loganberries.  I 

Watermelons,  cantaloupes,  citron,  garden  lemon,  egg-  g 
plant,  carrot,  peppers,  okra,  tomatoes  and  cabbage. 

Honey — several  varieties.  Sugar  from  sugarcane — | 
rock  candy  and  cane  syrup.  Vinegar  made  from  cider,  | 
sugarcane,  watermelon  and  plums. 

Oysters,  shrimp,  crabs  and  many  varieties  of  fish  and  | 
seafood.  Large  collection  of  gulf  and  bay  curios. 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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BALDWIN  COUNTY,  THE  FISHERMAN’S  PARADISE. 


| All  of  the  creeks  abound  in  gamy  fish,  including  bass 
| and  brook  trout;  in  Fish  River,  Bon  Secour,  Styx,  Per- 
| dido  and  Black  Water  Rivers  and  other  tidewater 
| streams  are  found  both  salt  and  fresh  water  fish  in  un- 
1 limited  numbers;  the  waters  of  south  Perdido  and  Mo- 


bile Bays  furnish  the  finest  oysters  known. 

Gov.  Henderson  and  other  noted  men  of  the  South; 
Ty  Cobb,  the  famous  base  ball  player,  and  other  celebri- 
ties of  the  country,  spend  their  vacations  fishing,  hunt- 
ing, and  playing  golf  here. 


A DELIGHTFUL  RETREAT. 


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AN  EARLY  MORNING  CATCH. 


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BALDWIN  COUNTY  SOCIAL  CONDITIONS 


THE  ORIGINAL  PINY  WOODS  AND  PINY  WOODS  TRAIL. 


people,  and  these  have  moved  into  the  county  from  the 
East,  North  and  West,— even  coming  from  the  much 
advertised  and  exploited  California — so  rapidly  as  to 
have  entirely  changed  its  character  in  the  past  ten  years, 
and  to  have  given  Baldwin  County  the  distinction  of 
having  increased  in  population  during  that  period  at  a 
greater  rate  than  any  other  county  of  Alabama  or  the 
Gulf  Coast,  and  probably  equal  to  any  other  strictly  ag- 
ricultural county  in  the  United  States.  Many  of  the 
immigrants  brought  with  them  wealth  and  culture,  and 
nearly  all  of  them  have  brought  those  sterling  traits  of 
character  without  which  no  citizenship  is  of  value. 


ONE  OP  OUR  COUNTRY  CHURCHES, 
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| A prospective  immigrant  always  puts  to  himself  the 
| questions:  “What  is  the  character  of  the  people?  What 
1 of  the  schools,  churches  and  roads  of  the  county  in  which 
3 I propose  to  live?  What  are  the  social  conditions?” 

| In  answer  to  these  and  similar  questions,  it  is  enough 
| to  say  that  if  good  society  is  not  to  be  found  in  Baldwin 
| County,  it  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  United  States  and 
I Canada,  for  the  population  of  the  county,  in  addition  to 
I the  old  Southern  families  who  have  resided  here  for  gen- 
| erations,  is  made  up  of  settlers  from  every  part  of  North 
1 America,  with  some  Germans,  Scandinavians  and  others 
| from  the  best  of  foreign  nations;  it  is  a striking  fact 
| that  a large  majority  of  the  residents  are  Northern 

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ONE  OF  OUR  NEW  GOOD  ROADS. 


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BALDWIN  COUNTY  SOCIAL  CONDITIONS 


WOMAN'  S CLUB  HOUSE,  ONE  OF  OUR  EVIDENCES  OF 
CULTURE. 


| By  reason  of  its  size  and  of  the  fact  that  Baldwin 
1 County  has  not  as  yet  a fiftieth  part  of  the  population  it 
1 could  maintain  comfortably,  lands  are  still  available  at 
| singularly  low  prices,  taking  into  account  their  produc- 
| tiveness;  for,  bear  in  mind,  they  are  just  as  productive 
| as  the  brains  and  energy  of  the  man  who  cultivates 
| them.  There  are  as  good  new  lands  vet  remaining  as 
1 have  been  purchased  and  improved  in  the  past. 


While  Baldwin  County  is  now  almost  entirely  an  agri-  | 
cultural  county  and  probably  wishes  to  remain  pi-edomi-  1 
nantly  so,  yet  it  offers  an  inviting  field  for  the  develop-  | 
ment  of  various  manufacturing  and  industrial  interests,  | 
affording  the  advantage  of  both  rail  and  water  trans-  | 
portation,  and  being  between  Mobile  and  Pensacola,  the  J 
two  deep  water  ports  nearest  to  the  Panama  canal  and  | 
to  the  center  of  population  of  the  United  States.  Its  1 
beautiful  all-the-year-round  home  and  resort  sites  will,  § 


A CULTURED  HOME. 


| Our  schools,  churches,  lodges  and  roads  are  what 
| would  be  expected  from  a cosmopolitan  population  used 
| to  all  of  these  evidences  of  civilization  and  enlighten- 
! ment,  and  while  there  are  some  negroes  to  be  found  in 
| Baldwin  County,  they  are  mostly  in  the  northern  part  of 
i the  county,  where  they  are  employed  on  the  river  bottom 
| plantations  and  they  have  their  own  schools,  churches 
| and  lodges,  and  are  quiet  and  law-abiding  citizens;  Bald- 
§ win  County  is  essentially  a white  man’s  country  and  no 
| negroes  are  to  be  found  in  the  newer  settlements  of  the 
| county. 


The  surface  of  the  county  is  for  the  most  part  level,  | 
but  along  the  streams  it  is  rolling,  making  hills  and  | 
bluffs  along  the  rivers  and  bays;  it  varies  from  about  j 
sea  level  at  the  Gulf  to  an  elevation  of  nearly  three  hun-  | 
dred  feet  near  the  center. 


STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL,  BALDWIN  COUNTY. 


SHIPPING  BALDWIN  COUNTY  PRODUCTS. 


in  the  near  future,  afford  an  additional  and  almost  un- 
limited market  for  our  products  right  at  our  doors, 
though  we  are  now  shipping  these  products  to  the  out- 
side world  by  the  hundreds  of  carloads.  We  are  within 
forty  hours  by  fast  freight  of  80,000,000  people. 


SPENDING  A WINTER  VACATION  IN  BALDWIN. 


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A HOME  IN  ONE  OF  BALDWIN'S  BEAUTY  SPOTS. 


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BALDWIN  COUNTY’S  INVITATION 


BEAUT  if  ALONG  WITH  PRACTICAL  THINGS. 


| There  are  three  incorporated  towns:  Bay  Minette,  the 
| county  seat,  is  the  largest,  situated  at  the  junction  of 
| the  L.  & N.  main  line  and  the  Fort  Morgan  branch;  here 
| is  located  the  Baldwin  Times,  the  county’s  oldest  news- 
| paper.  Next  comes  Fairhope,  on  beautiul  Mobile  Bay, 
| the  single  tax  colony,  with  its  famous  Organic  School, 
| and  the  home  of  the  Fairhope  Courier.  Then  comes 
| Foley,  at  the  southern  end  of  the  Fort  Morgan  branch  of 
| the  L.  & N.;  here  is  published  the  Onlooker;  other  towns 
| on  the  branch  lines  are  Stapleton,  Loxley,  Robertsdale 
| and  Summerdale,  while  Silverhill  (the  Scandinavian  set- 
i tlement),  Elberta  (the  famous  German  colony),  and 
| Gateswood  are  near  at  hand.  In  the  beautiful  Perdido 
| Bay  country  are  Seminole,  Lillian,  Perdido  Beach,  Jose- 
| phone,  Caswell,  Orange  Beach,  and  Miflin,  while  Magno- 
| lia  Springs  is  on  Magnolia  River;  Bon  Secour,  Gasque 


OUR  RIVERS,  PERFECT  MIRRORS. 

and  Palmetto  Beach  are  celebrated  for  their  oysters.  On  | 
the  extreme  end  of  the  peninsula  is  located  historic  Fort  | 
Morgan,  guarding  the  entrance  to  Mobile  Bay;  Daphne,  | 
where  one  of  the  State  normal  schools  is  located,  to-  | 
gether  with  Battles,  Point  Clear,  Montrose,  Seacliff,  § 
Zundel’s  and  Magnolia  Beach,  are  situated  on  Mobile  I 
Bay  and  are  well  known  summer  resorts;  Stockton,  La-  g 
tham,  Tensaw,  Blacksher,  Little  River  and  Lottie  are  in  | 
the  north  end  of  the  county.  On  the  main  line  of  the  L.  | 
& N.,  are  Perdido  Station,  Dyas,  Carney,  Carpenter  and  g 
Hurricane;  Bromley  is  near  the  site  of  Blakeley,  the  first  1 
county  seat;  other  progressive  communities  are  Roscoe,  | 
Scranage,  Barnwell,  Davies  and  Oak.  Other  railroads  | 
are  under  construction. 

The  people  of  Baldwin  County  have  been  accused  of  1 
thinking  that  they  live  in  Paradise,  but  they  do  not.  It  j 
is  still  on  earth  where  the  failures  of  men,  the  uncertain-  1 
ty  of  seasons  and  the  law  of  averages  apply  as  they  do 
elsewhere.  But  because  of  the  longer  growing  season  I 
and  the  wider  range  of  crops,  the  net  average  for  any  | 
given  period  should  and  will  be  higher  than  in  less  fa-  g 
vored  regions. 

With  the  successful  development  fast  taking  place  in  | 
livestock  raising  and  dairying;  in  the  growing  of  feed  | 
and  forage  crops;  in  the  citrus  and  other  fruit  orchards  1 
and  vineyards;  in  the  growing  of  the  papershell  pecan  | 
and  the  establishment  of  the  poultry  industry,  this  is  g 
indeed  an  attractive  country. 

With  our  present  knowledge  of  soils  and  plant  foods;  | 
with  the  help  of  modern  machinery;  with  the  assistance  g 
extended  by  men,  corporations,  banks,  and  by  the  State  I 
and  Federal  governments,  and  in  co-operation  with  all  of  | 
these;  in  the  use  of  lime,  legumes  and  humus,  plus  § 
BRAINS  AND  ENERGY,  you  are  invited  to  join,  for  | 
Health,  Home  and  Happiness,  these  “hand-picked”  peo-  1 
pie  who  live  in  this  “Empire”  within  the  Greatest  State  | 
in  the  Union — Baldwin  County  in  Alabama. 


ONE  OF  OUR  PROMISING  INDUSTRIES. 


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MANUFACTURING  POTTERY  FROM  BALDWIN  COUNTY 
CLAY. 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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WE  BELIEVE 


| IN  BALDWIN  COUNTY,  an  “Empire”  within  a State;  a county  with  a record  of  Upstanding 
| Achievement  and  Outstanding  OPPORTUNITY ; where  Achievement  is  spelled  with  a BIG  A,  and 
| OPPORTUNITY  with  all  capitals ; in  BALDWIN  County  of  the  Golden  Gulf  Coast  Country, 
| where  spring  is  born,  as  the  VERY  BEST  place  in  which  to  FARM,  engage  in  BUSINESS  and 
LIVE  or  Rest;  that  Co-operation  has  been  PROVEN  to  be  THE  SUCCESSFUL  method  of  achieve- 
| ment;  “that  we  have  been  passing  through  an  age  when  the  Selfish  Dollar  almost  obscured  the 
| milk  of  human  kindness ; that  we  have  now  entered  into  the  day  of  Man  and  are  progressing  to  the 
| time  when  Humanity  triumphs;  that  there  are  men  still  Human  enough  to  work  not  altogether 
| for  pay,”  realizing  that  D-O-L-L-A-R-S  does  not  spell  SUCCESS;  that  no  one  can  do  anything 
| which  does  not  result  in  Good  or  111  to  the  community  in  which  he  lives ; that  anything  done 
| for  the  Advancement  of  the  community  will  result  in  the  Greatest  individual  benefit;  in  short  that 
| the  Greatest  Good  of  the  Greatest  number  will  bring  in  the  long  run  the  GREATEST  PROFIT. 

ON  THIS  BASIS 

I THE  BALDWIN  COUNTY  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 

IS  ORGANIZED  TO  KEEP  THE  “WIN”  IN 

BALDWIN 

and  to  Assist  in  the  Proper  Development  of  the  Golden  Gulf  Coast  Country 
| and  the  Great  State  of  Alabama. 

When  a man  chooses  a location  for  a HOME 
1 he  carefully  considers  certain  prime  factors 
| which  are  conditions  of  HEALTH,  Happiness 
| and  Prosperity. 

| First,  CLIMATE  as  an  essential  element  of  HEALTH 
g and  Happiness  and  then  questions  of  soil,  products,  lo- 
! cation  with  reference  to  markets,  transportation,  EDU- 
| CATION,  Social  surroundings  and  the  other  perfected 
| agencies  of  civilization.  When  he  finds  ALL  these  essen- 
1 tials  of  life  in  a certain  favored  place  he  is  prepared  to 
| secure  a HOME  and  LIVE  there. 

1 Taking  any  or  all  these  questions  into  consideration 
| HEALTHFUL,  beautiful,  PROFITABLE  BALDWIN 
1 County,  Alabama,  deserves  MORE  than  passing  consid- 
1 eration  from  anyone  who  wishes  to  live  under  agreeable 
| conditions  and  get  the  MOST  for  a given  expenditure. 

We  have  the  following  standing  committees:  Mem- 
1 bership,  Rural  Relations,  Agricultural  and  Demonstra- 
| tion,  Live  Stock,  Dairying,  Farm  Loan  and  Rural 
| Credit,  Sanitation  and  Health,  Home  Economics  and 

ADDRESS 

MISS  LILLIE  M.  WETZEL,  Assistant  Sec., 

BALDWIN  COUNTY  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 

BAY  MINETTE,  ALA. 


Thrift,  Tourist  and  Resorts,  Immigration,  In- 
dustrial, Manufacturing,  Banking  and  Finance, 
Civic  Improvement,  Merchants  and  Commerce, 
EDUCATION,  ROADS  and  Transportation, 
Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  Public  Utilities,  Legislation, 
and  “such  other  committees  as  the  President,  Executive 
Committee  and  Chamber  from  time  to  time  find  neces- 
sary.” 

Ask  for  copy  of  our  Constitution  and  By-Laws  and 
such  other  information  as  you  want.  We  will  be  pleased 
to  co-operate  with  you  in  securing  a place  to  spend  a 
Vacation,  the  Winter,  the  Summer,  or  an  all-the-year- 
round  HOME  in  our  really  Delightful,  HEALTHFUL 
County;  we  will  co-operate  with  you  in  securing  a 
FARM,  a HOME,  a Manufacturing,  Mercantile  or  Bank- 
ing Business  and  WILL  Co-operate  with  you  AFTER 
you  are  located,  to  our  mutual  pleasure  and  profit.  We 
want  MORE  “Hand-Picked  Neighbors.” 

Write  us.  Come  meet  us  FACE  TO  FACE. 


The  following  land  owners  are  supporting  contributors  to  and  endorsed  by  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  which 
contributes  to  the  Alabama  Development  Fund: 


S.  F.  McKenzie Perdido  Station,  Ala. 

Jas.  A.  Carney — Carney,  Ala. 

P.  J.  Cooney Foley,  Ala. 

Farmer  Scott,  Residence  Lillian Office,  Foley,  Ala. 

Claude  Peteet Foley,  Ala. 

McKenzie  Land  Co.,  Bay  Minette,  Ala.,  Pensacola,  Fla.,  Perdido  Station  Ala. 

The  following  all-the-year-round  Hotels  are  supporting  contributors  and  recommended  by  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce:  Foley  Hotel  and  Auto  Livery,  Foley,  Ala.;  The  Sunnyside  Hotel,  Magnolia  Springs,  Ala. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  can  furnish  the  names  of  other  hotels  in  the  county. 


Baldwin  County  Bank Bay  Minette,  Ala. 

Edmundson  Realty  Co Bay  Minette,  Ala. 

Robt.  M.  Mahler Loxley,  Ala. 

Baldwin  County  Land  Co Loxley,  Ala. 

Home  Gardens  Land  Co. Dyas,  Ala. 


Get  away  from  the  LONG,  COLD  WINTERS  and  HOT  SUMMERS.  Send  for  FREE  copy  of  “THE  ON- 
1 LOOKER,”  FOLEY.  ALA.,  and  learn  the  FACTS  about  the  ORANGE,  GRAPEFRUIT,  PECAN,  VEGETABLE, 
POULTRY,  LIVE  STOCK  and  DAIRY  Belt  of  the  Gulf  Coast  Section,  where  the  weather  is  always  mild. 

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OF  FARM  HOMES. 


WHERE  SOME  OF  OUR  "HAND  PICKED"  NEIGHBORS  LIVE. 


A BALDWIN  COUNTY  FARMERS’  MEETING,  175  PEOPLE  FROM  21  STATES,  AND  CANADA,  GERMANY,  AND  NORWAY. 

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BARBOUR  COUNTY 


ART  of  Barbour  County  was  taken  from  the 
Creek  Indian  cession  of  1832,  and  the  remain- 
der from  Pike  County.  It  was  organized  as  a 
county  in  1832.  After  losing  territory  to  Rus- 
sell and  Bullock  the  county  continued  large,  688 
| square  miles,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  the  statesman 
| James  Barbour  of  Virginia. 

Accidental  or  by  force  of  local  conditions,  the  “State 
| of  Barbour”  was  known  for  two  or  three  generations  as 
| a center  of  great  social  and  political  elements.  Eu- 
| faula,  Glennville,  and  Louisville  were  places  of  refine- 
| ment  and  wealth.  The  influence  of  the  county  in  the  old 
| political  convention  time  was  pronounced. 

The  county  borders  upon  the  Chattahoochie  on  the 
| east.  A large  stream,  Barbour  Creek,  bisects  the  coun- 
| ty.  The  best  agricultural  land  lies  on  the  north  side. 
| There  is  a peculiar  group  of  streams  known  as  the 
| Cowikes  and  in  that  division  there  is  a part  of  the  fa- 
I mous  Black  Belt  of  prairie  land.  Along  the  Pea  River 
! is  timber  of  various  kinds,  oak,  hickory  and  walnut. 

| In  the  town  of  Louisville  there  is  a bed  of  green  sand 
| in  unknown  quantity,  which  has  proven  to  be  a valuable 
1 fertilizer.  In  the  southern  part  is  a natural  curiosity  in 
| the  form  of  an  enormous  spring  40x80  feet.  The  water 
i is  very  clear  and  transparent,  and  a bluish  cast  in  color. 
| The  lands  are  highly  productive  of  cotton,  corn,  small 
| grains,  legumes,  sugar  cane,  melons  and  all  truck  crops. 
| Orchard  crops  of  all  kinds  common  to  this  climate  grow 
| to  perfection. 

| The  county  seat,  Clayton,  is  twenty-two  miles  from 
| the  Chattahooche  and  is  surrounded  by  fertile  agri- 
| cultural  red  lands. 

1 Eufaula  resting  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Chattahooche, 
| is  a most  interesting  city.  It  is  situated  180  feet  above 
mean  water,  commanding  a wide  reach  of  the  river.  A 


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cotton  press,  machine  shops,  factories,  foundries,  and  | 
corn  mills  are  in  operation.  Handsome  churches,  a fe-  1 
male  college,  a male  school  and  handsome  homes,  add  a i- 
constant  interest  to  the  town. 

The  navigable  river  and  sufficient  railroad  transpor-  | 
tation,  facilitates  industry. 

For  special  land  bargains  in  Barbour  County,  write  to:  I 
J.  E.  PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Bldg.,  Birmingham,  1 
Ala. 


FIELD  OF  CRIMSON  WINTER  RHUBARB  THREE  MONTHS  AFTER  PLANTING. 


BIBB  COUNTY 


TERRITORIAL  county  formed  by  law  in  1818. 
It  has  an  area  of  640  square  miles,  and  was  first 
called  Cahaba  from  the  river  that  bisects  it. 
A year  later  the  State  was  admitted  to  the 
Union  and  when  William  Wyatt  Bibb,  of  Geor- 
| gia,  became  Governor,  the  name  was  changed  to  Bibb. 

This  county  is  the  southern  extremity  of  the  Appa- 
| lachian  chain  of  coal  measures  and  iron  deposits.  The 
| termination  is  abrupt  for  here  the  wealth  of  minerals  is 
| very  great.  Bibb  County  iron  ore  is  unsurpassed,  and 
i the  best  coal  mined  in  Alabama  is  certainly  no  better 
I than  that  produced  by  the  Montevallo  mines. 

| Near  Centerville  the  Cahaba  River  cuts  through  a 
I bed  of  most  remarkable  marble.  In  quality  this  marble 
1 is  unexcelled  and  its  variety  of  color  is  phenomenal. 

Solid  walls  rise  from  the  bed  of  the  river  to  90  or  100 


feet;  white,  pink,  black  almost  touching  each  other.  The  | 
white  is  pure,  the  black  is  as  jet.  A ledge  locally  known  g 
as  “Calico,”  has  no  parallel.  This  marble  could  be  quar-  | 
ried  with  little  cost  and  dropped  to  barges  on  the  river.  § 

Along  the  Cahaba  the  soil  is  very  fertile.  Further  | 
up  the  high  lands  good  farmers  make  satisfactory  crops  | 
of  cotton,  corn,  small  grains,  potatoes  and  cane.  Most  I 
truck  crops  that  are  found  in  the  markets  of  the  United  | 
States,  are  grown  here.  In  the  most  satisfactory  farm-  | 
ing  parts  the  soils  in  Bibb  County  are  red,  buff,  gray  and  | 
brown. 

The  live  stock  raised,  especially  cattle  and  horses,  pos-  | 
sess  very  superior  qualities. 

The  supply  of  drinking  water  is  profuse  and  of  the  | 
best  quality.  The  draining  streams  are  the  Big  and  Lit-  | 


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| tie  Cahaba  rivers  and  seven  or  eight  bold  creeks.  The 
I water  power  thus  available  is  considerable. 

| There  are  coal  mines  where  the  output  is  heavy  and 
I numerous  industries  thrive  because  of  the  plentiful  raw 
| material  and  labor. 

| The  climate  is  equable,  there  being  no  excess  of  heat 
| or  cold,  sufficient  to  check  labor  a single  day.  The  rain- 
| fall  is  about  51  inches,  fairly  distributed  throughout  the 
| seasons. 

I The  principal  market  towns  are  Centerville,  the  coun- 
| ty  seat,  Blocton,  Sixmile,  Randolph  and  Brierfield.  The 
1 free  delivery  mail  system  is  universal. 

| The  educational  facilities  are  excellent,  public  schools 
| are  in  every  precinct.  The  compulsory  school  method 
| was  introduced  into  Alabama  by  Senator  Reynolds  from 
| Bibb  County.  Churches  are  well  maintained. 

| C.  H.  Cleveland,  of  Centerville,  has  produced  from  one 
| acre  of  gray  sandy  land,  156%  bushels  of  corn,  and 
| thousands  of  acres  of  the  same  character  and  environ- 
! ment  are  capable  of  producing  the  same  result. 

| It  is  expected  that  the  live  stock  industry  will  soon 
| rival  mining  in  the  amount  of  capital  invested.  Climate, 
| soil  and  abundant  water  invite  this  development. 


in 


C.  H.  CLEVELAND  PRODUCED  156  1/4  BUSHELS  OF  CORN  § 
ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  BIBB  COUNTY  SANDY  LOAM. 


BLOUNT  COUNTY 


S'"  w ' N BLOUNT  COUNTY  alluvial  valleys  produce 
J all  the  crops  common  to  Alabama  soil  and  cli- 
■ j mate.  Mountainous  elevations  make  an  inter- 
esting  profile  abutting  upon  the  valleys.  The 
' ^ northern  part  of  the  county  is  distinguished  by 

wider  valleys  and  less  elevation  than  the  southern. 

The  average  climate  for  the  year  is  about  62°  Fahren- 
heit. Frost  seldom  occurs  later  than  the  first  of  April, 
nor  earlier  than  the  middle  of  October.  The  climate  is 
indeed  ideal. 

A wide  range  of  soil  cultivation  invites  the  farmer. 
Cultivation  of  grain  crops  is  perennial.  The  common 
field  crops  are  cotton,  corn,  small  grains  of  different 
kinds,  potatoes,  tobacco,  etc.  It  is  fine  land  for  sheep. 
Dairy  cattle  and  hay  crops  do  well. 


The  county  is  well  supplied  with  water  for  farms  and 
domestic  use.  Branches  of  the  Black  Warrior  River, 
now  an  important  course  of  commerce,  drain  the  county. 

The  native  forest  is  interesting.  The  remarkable  apple 
that  flourishes  here  is  native  and  as  prevalent  as  the 
wild  cherry.  It  is  known  as  the  Blount  County  apple 
and  grows  to  extraordinary  size.  It  is  exhibited  success- 
fully in  competition  with  the  best  products  of  the  coun- 
try. The  principal  forest  trees  are  beech,  walnut,  pop- 
lar, sycamore,  post  oak,  Spanish  oak,  hickory,  black 
gum,  and  pine. 

Blount  Springs  is  a popular  summer  resort,  and  has 
been  for  more  than  sixty  years.  The  climate  in  summer 
is  delightful  and  very  enjoyable  in  winter. 

The  county  is  noted  for  the  numerous  caverns  that  in- 
terest visitors.  Some  of  these  show  signs  of  saltpetre, 


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while  others  indicate  that  the  Indians  used  them  as 
places  of  burial.  Indian  trinkets  of  different  kinds  may 
be  found  with  little  effort. 

The  reports  of  the  State  Geologist  place  rich  deposits 
of  coal  and  iron  in  Blount  County,  covering  a consider- 
able part  of  its  area. 


The  Louisville  & Nashville  Railroad  traverses  the 
county  in  the  western  part,  while  a branch  of  that  road 
bisects  it,  connecting  Birmingham  and  Gadsden. 

Oneonta  is  the  capital.  There  are  numerous  post 
offices  and  rural  mail  delivery  routes.  There  are  also 
many  public  schools  and  churches. 


BULLOCK  COUNTY 


HE  county  was  cut  in  1866  from  the  great  cotton 
counties  of  Marengo  and  Greene  to  adapt  con- 
ditions to  the  political  revolution  which  stirred 
the  entire  State  after  the  Civil  War. 


It  was  named  in  honor  of  a young  citizen, 
Edward  Courtney  Bullock,  who  was  born  in  Charleston, 
S.  C.,  and  who  died  as  Colonel  of  the  18th  Alabama  Regi- 
ment of  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  when  only  thirty-six  years  of 
age. 


The  Chennenugee  Ridge  is  a peculiar  watershed  that 
runs  east  and  west,  dividing  the  county  into  two  practi- 
cally equal  parts.  North  of  it  are  black  prairie  lands 
covered  with  post  oak.  To  the  south  is  a variety  of  soils. 

The  supply  of  water  during  the  year  is  generally  bet- 
ter than  in  the  black  belt  counties  to  the  west.  From  the 
creeks  of  this  county  rises  the  Conecuh  River. 


Like  the  other  black  belt  counties,  the  climate  is  equa- 
ble, inviting  labor  outdoors  without  cessation  throughout 
the  year.  Trunk  line  railroads  offer  ample  transporta- 
tion to  the  markets  of  the  whole  country. 


The  entire  acreage  of  the  county  produces  cotton, 
corn,  small  grains,  the  legumes,  orchard  fruits,  grapes 
and  truck  products  as  successfully  as  any  in  the  State. 
There  is  a peach  orchard  of  1,000  acres.  The  enterprise 
includes  pecans  and  walnuts. 

Mr.  D.  C.  Turnipseed  has  laid  the  foundation  of  a cat- 
tle business  on  a considerable  scale.  His  herds  are 
native  cows,  bred  to  select  pure  bred  bulls — short-horn, 
red-poll  and  Angus.  The  breeding  of  hogs  is  also  within 
the  plans  of  Mr.  Turnipseed.  He  has  a valuable  farm, 
also,  of  several  thousand  acres,  where  his  Jersey  and 
Angus  stock  are  grazing  along  with  Duroc  Jersey  hogs. 
He  lives  with  his  family  in  a spacious  and  attractive 


A FARM  TRACTOR  AT  WORK  ON  A BIG  PLANTATION  IN 
BULLOCK  COUNTY. 


home.  All  the  timber  used  in  the  residence  was  cut 
from  his  own  lands. 

He  has  a farm  with  four  subdivisions  each  of  several 
hundred  acres.  On  each  division  is  kept  its  own  breed 
of  dairy  and  beef  cattle — Hereford,  Holstein,  Shorthorn 
and  Jersey.  In  addition  he  has  a mule  breeding  division 
and  separate  fields  for  his  Jersey  and  Poland  China 
hogs. 


BUTLER  COUNTY 


ORMERLY  Butler  was  known  as  a cotton  and 
corn  county,  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  best  of 
that  kind,  but  with  improved  methods  of  culti- 
vation and  fertilization  and  rotation  of  crops,  it 
is  now  a conceded  fact  that  the  soil  of  no  county 
in  the  United  States  is  better  adapted  to  the  raising  of 
fruits,  vegetables  and  grasses.  The  proceeds  from  last 
season’s  crop  of  radishes  alone,  shipped  to  Northern  and 
Western  markets,  amounted  to  over  $45,000.00. 

Butler  County  is  well  adapted  to  live  stock  raising  by 
reason  of  the  great  variety  of  crops  that  can  be  grown, 
such  as  the  native  grasses,  Bermuda,  Lespedeza  or  Ja- 
pan clover,  and  carpet  grass,  that  will  furnish  grazing 
ten  months  of  the  year.  The  production  of  corn,  oats, 
alfalfa  and  Johnson  grass  is  too  well  known  to  require 
comment,  and  there  is  no  better  land  in  the  south  for  the 
successful  raising  of  these  products.  The  by-products  of 
the  oil  mills  are  excellent  for  fattening  hogs  and  cattle 
for  market  at  a minimum  price,  and  the  use  of  these  by- 
products in  connection  with  cow  peas,  velvet  beans,  sor- 
ghum and  peanuts,  makes  practicable  the  production  of 
pork  at  a cost  of  three  cents  per  pound  as  has  been 
practically  demonstrated. 


Our  Lands 


quinces,  in  fact  all  kinds  of  fruits  and  trucking  is  a prof- 
itable business.  Pecans  grow  here  to  perfection  and 
twenty  acres  planted  in  pecans  will,  within  a few  years, 
prove  to  the  owner  a mine  of  wealth  to  protect  him 
against  want  for  all  his  days. 

Climate 

The  climate  is  the  finest  in  the  world,  for  there  is 
hardly  more  than  three  months  of  winter,  and  even  then 
the  word  winter  must  not  be  considered  as  meaning  win- 
ter such  as  other  parts  of  the  United  States  know.  Our 
winters  are  particularly  mild  and  only  on  rare  occasions 
do  cattle  and  other  live  stock  need  shelter  from  the  cold. 
In  fact  our  winters  are  less  severe  on  stock  and  people 
than  is  the  spring  season  in  other  sections. 

Water 

The  entire  county  is  well  watered  with  springs  and 
running  streams  and  the  water  is  pure  and  clear  and 
healthful.  The  wells  throughout  the  farming  district 
produce  an  abundant  supply  of  fine  freestone  water. 
Besides  this,  Butler  County  is  the  home  of  a matchless 
mineral  water,  the  strongest  iron  water  in  America. 


| Every  acre  of  land  in  the  county  is  productive,  and 
1 the  results  are  only  limited  by  the  energy  of  the  farmer. 
Anything  that  can  be  grown  anywhere  else,  can  be 
grown  here  with  profit.  Peaches,  plums,  apples,  pears, 


Soil 

With  sixteen  distinct  types  of  soil  of  excellent  charac- 
ter, an  equable  climate,  high-class  citizenship,  abundant 


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| water  supply,  and  healthful  surroundings,  there  can  be 
I no  more  inviting  section  for  the  homeseeker  than  Butler 
| County,  Alabama. 

Mail  Delivery,  Schools  and  Churches 

I Twenty-one  rural  free  delivery  routes  cover  the  coun- 
| ty  in  all  directions. 

| One  of  the  best  rural  school  systems  under  Stats 
| patronage  and  supervision,  and  direct  management  of 
1 the  citizens  of  the  immediate  neighborhood  in  which 
| located. 

| In  every  locality  throughout  the  county  will  be  found 
| churches  of  different  denominations. 

| Butler  has  two  live  and  progressive  newspapers,  a 
| semi-weekly  at  Greenville,  and  a weekly  at  Georgiana. 
| The  following  clipping  from  the  Greenville  Advocate  of 
| April  22nd,  1916,  will  interest  homeseekers: 

| “Monday  afternoon  the  Planters  Mercantile  Company 
| shipped  one  solid  car  of  syrup,  2,700  gallons,  to  a firm  in 
| Meridian,  Miss.  The  syrup  was  put  up  in  gallon  cans 
| and  sealed  ready  for  the  retail  trade.  That  same  day 
| this  firm  also  shipped  two  solid  cars  of  corn.  They  had 
1 shipped  before  that  five  cars  and  have  orders  for  fifteen 
| cars  more,  which  will  be  shipped  at  intervals  for  the 
| next  month  or  two. 

| “Mr.  D.  D.  Metcalf  has  acted  as  a broker  to  a large 
1 extent,  shipping  ten  thousand  bushels  of  velvet  beans, 
| five  thousand  bushels  of  corn,  nearly  two  thousand  bush- 
| els  of  peas  and  much  syrup. 

| “The  Beeland  Mercantile  Company  has  shipped  two 
| thousand  bushels  of  velvet  beans,  a thousand  bushels  of 
| peas,  five  thousand  bushels  of  corn,  and  more  than  fif- 
| teen  thousand  bushels  of  the  famous  Butler  County  Cook 
| oats  and  a car  of  syrup. 

| “Other  firms  have  bought  up  and  shipped  thousands 
| of  bushels  of  corn  and  velvet  beans  and  thousands  of 
I gallons  of  syrup,  and  in  many  instances  the  farmers 
| themselves  have  shipped  all  of  these  products. 

| “That  is  what  DIVERSIFICATION  did  for  Butler 
| County. 

| “Another  salient  thing  is  the  generally  conceded  fact 
| that  less  than  one-fifteenth  (1/15)  of  shipped  meat  has 
| been  used  in  Butler  this  year,  less  than  in  any  year  in  its 


THE  PEACH  BLUSH  GLOWS  DEEPEST  IN  BUTLER. 


THE  SPANISH  PEANUT. 

Responsible  for  the  Vegetable  Oil  Industry  Developed  by  the  Ala-  M 
bama  Markets  Bureau — Grows  to  Perfection 

near  Georgiana.  E 


history.  And  carload  after  carload  of  hogs  and  cattle  | 
have  left  here  for  the  outside  markets. 

“When  we  announced  recently  that  185  cars  of  the  | 
products  of  Butler  County  left  Greenville  during  the  j§ 
month  of  March  alone,  it  met  with  a great  deal  of  skep-  I 
ticism.  They  contained  among  them  solid  cars  of  velvet  | 
beans,  barrel  staves,  automobile  wheel  spokes,  corn,  cat-  S 
tie  and  hogs  and  radishes  and  a hundred  other  things  I 
which  the  money  of  the  North  and  East  is  returning  | 
here  to  pay  for.” 

GREENVILLE,  THE  COUNTY  SEAT 

Greenville  is  a model  city  of  5,000  population,  with  I 
paved  streets,  electric  lights,  water  system,  sewerage  | 
system,  seventy-five  merchants,  two  splendid  banks,  fac-  I 
tories,  machine  shops,  saw  mills,  cedar  works,  two  ice  | 
plants,  packing  house  and  cold  storage  that  will  buy  your  | 
hogs  and  cattle  any  month  in  the  year.  In  the  central  I 
part  of  Alabama  on  the  great  Louisville  & Nashville  | 
Railroad,  44  miles  south  of  Montgomery,  10  passenger  | 
trains  daily  with  a fine  freight  service. 

Greenville  has  a fifty-ton  plant  producing  cotton  seed  I 
meal,  hulls,  oil  and  by-products,  a fertilizer  company  | 
making  fertilizer  under  State  requirements  as  to  grade,  | 
and  particularly  adapted  to  local  soil;  machine  shops  for  g 
the  repair  of  farm  and  other  machinery,  and  other  small  | 
plants  catering  to  the  comfort  and  employment  of  the  | 
people. 

A city  ordinance  exempting  new  industrial  enterprises  1 
from  taxation  for  a period  of  five  years. 

It  doesn’t  take  money — of  course,  that  is  a help — for  | 
the  stranger  to  succeed  in  Butler  County.  A good  char-  M 
acter,  some  brain,  and  a little  brawn,  will  accomplish 
the  ordinary  temporal  aims  of  life  here. 

The  banks  are  liberal,  and  the  people  are  hospitable  to 
strangers. 

Round-trip  homeseekers  tickets  over  the  L.  & N.  good 
for  25  days  are  sold  to  Greenville  at  the  following  rates: 


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i From  Cincinnati,  $19.15.  From  Louisville,  $16.45.  From 
I St.  Louis,  $20.37.  From  Evansville,  $17.35. 

I Additional  particulars  regarding  the  many  interesting 
| features  of  this  progressive  community,  of  which  Green- 
! ville  is  the  center,  may  be  obtained  by  writing  to  the 
| following  parties: 

| D.  D.  Metcalf. 

I E.  Laseter. 

| J.  D.  Owens. 

I Thos.  W.  Peagler. 

1 Stewart  Drug  Company. 

| Herlong  & Barnes. 

1 Reynolds  Mercantile 
1 Company. 

| J.  V.  Waller  & Bro. 

| Johnson  Hardware  & Im- 
1 plement  Co. 
j First  National  Bank. 

| Smith  Dry  Goods  Com- 
| pany. 

1 J.  Lee  Long. 

1 Address  all  the  above,  Greenville,  Ala. 


F.  Mack. 

A.  G.  Winkler. 

Bank  of  Greenville. 

Dunklin-Blackwell  Drug 
Company. 

Powell  & Hamilton. 

John  S.  McMullan  Whole- 
sale Co. 

Farmers  Mercantile  Co. 

Planters  Mercantile  Co. 

J.  H.  Dunklin  & Co. 

Beeland  Bros.  Mercantile 
Company. 

H.  Z.  Wilkinson,  Real  Es- 
tate. 


GEORGIANA 

1 Georgiana,  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  fastest  growing 
| towns  in  South  Alabama,  offers  exceptional  advantages 
J to  the  homeseeker  and  investor.  With  a population  of 
1 2,500,  Georgiana  is  rapidly  becoming  the  metropolis  of 
1 Butler  County.  Being  the  railway  center  of  the  county, 
| it  possesses  shipping  facilities  unequaled  by  any  other 
g town  in  this  section  of  the  State. 

| It  is  on  the  main  line  of  the  L.  & N.  railway  and  its 
| branch  line,  the  A.  & P.  railroad,  reaches  a rich  farming 
1 section  the  products  of  which  to  a large  extent  pass 
I through  our  town,  this  calls  for  a large  number  of  rail- 
| road  employees  which  are  a valuable  asset.  The  rail- 
1 road  payroll  at  this  point  with  those  of  our  other  indus- 
i tries  aggregates  more  than  $40,000  monthly. 

1 In  addition  to  the  railroad  interests,  farming,  lumber 
| and  stock  growing  contribute  largely  to  the  upbuilding 
1 of  the  town.  In  former  years  the  chief  agricultural 
| product  was  cotton,  but  lately  grain  has  assumed  the 
I ascendancy  and  Georgiana  has  now  one  of  the  largest 
| and  most  modern  feed  plants  in  the  State.  It  is  oper- 
| ated  by  the  McGowin-Bennett  Milling  Co.  The  introduc- 
I tion  of  the  velvet  bean,  one  of  the  greatest  forage  crops 


grown,  has  brought  Georgiana  and  this  section  of  But-  1 
ler  County  to  the  forefront  as  a grain  growing  section,  | 
and  has  wonderfully  increased  the  prosperity  of  our  1 
people. 

Our  town  has  two  banks;  eighteen  mercantile  estab-  1 
lishments;  three  hardware  and  furniture  stores;  three  I 
drug  stores;  one  garage  with  all  modern  equipment;  two  1 


AUTOMOBILE  ROAD  BETWEEN  GREENVILLE  AND 
GEORGIANA. 


attractive  brick  churches;  a new  modern  brick  high  1 
school  building;  a water-works  system;  an  up-to-date  j 
newspaper  plant;  a live  commercial  club;  and  miles  of  1 
improved  highways  touching  a rich  agricultural  ter-  | 
ritory. 

Georgiana  needs  a canning  factory,  an  ice  plant,  a cot-  | 
ton  seed  oil  mill,  a stave  factory  and  other  industries. 

Parties  having  capital  to  invest  will  find  it  to  their  | 
advantage  to  get  in  touch  with  the  Georgiana  Commer-  | 
cial  Club,  or  the  following  parties: 


Butler  County  Bank, 

W.  T.  Foster, 
McGowin-Bennett  Milling 
Company, 

Georgiana  Hardware  Co., 
Rhodes  Bros., 


Farmers  & Merchants 
Bank, 

O.  H.  Warren  Hardware 
Company, 

Tatom  & Foshee  Auto  Co, 
Bryan  Drug  Co. 


Address  all  the  above,  Georgiana,  Ala. 


BOTH  GREENVILLE  AND  GEORGIANA  OFFER  EVERY  FACILITY  FOR  INDUSTRIAL  DEVELOPMENT. 

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I CALHOUN  COUNTY 


HIS  was  a part  of  the  Muscogee  Indian  cession, 
formed  a county  in  1832.  The  name  first  select- 
ed was  that  of  Thomas  H.  Benton,  in  honor  of 
the  leader  of  the  Jackson  party  in  Congress,  but 
was  changed  26  years  later  in  memory  of  John 
I C.  Calhoun. 

| Until  about  1882  Calhoun  held  high  rank  in  agricul- 
§ tural  production  and  was  unsurpassed  in  that  line  out- 
! side  the  black  prairie  belt.  Then  the  introduction  of 
1 capital  and  enterprise  turned  the  scale  in  favor  of  iron 
| manufacturing  and  commerce. 

| The  lands  are  fertile  and  the  climate  delightful.  The 
| soil  there  produces  cotton,  corn,  wheat,  oats  and  all  the 
1 other  small  grains.  Clover  and  all  legumes  reach  a de- 
! gree  of  perfection  not  excelled  anywhere  else  in  the 
| State.  All  orchard  and  truck  crops  and  all  usful  grasses 
| grow  in  all  parts  of  the  county. 

| The  county  is  rich  in  minerals;  red  and  brown  hem- 
§ atite  is  almost  exhaustless.  In  various  localities  manga- 
| nese,  copper,  kaolin,  marble,  sandstone,  lithograph  stone, 
| fire  clay,  fire  brick,  clay  and  lead  all  exist  in  greater  or 
| less  quantities. 

| Jacksonville  is  a beautiul  town.  Anniston,  the  present 
| county  seat,  is  a splendid  testimonial  to  the  local 
| strength  of  the  iron  trade. 

| Fine  social  conditions  prevail.  Industrial  energy, 
I beautiful  farms,  fine  schools  and  well  sustained  churches 
| are  evidences  of  a contented  and  prosperous  people. 

| Several  lines  of  railroads  traverse  the  county,  all  con- 
| necting  with  Anniston.  The  county  contains  640  square 
| miles. 


THE  BOYS'  CORN  CLUB  OF  CALHOUN  COUNTY.  J.  F.  WOO-  S 
TEN  MADE  111  1 5 BUSHELS  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF 
BLACK  SANDY  LOAM. 


I VIEW  OF  MILL  VILLAGE  OF  COOSA  MFG.  CO.,  PIEDMONT,  TAKEN  FROM  ROOF  OF  MILL,  SHOWING  THE  MODEL  CITY  IN  I 
WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE  COTTON  MILL  LIVE.  ELECTRICAL  POWER  TO  OPERATE  THIS  MILL  AND 
i TO  SERVE  THE  PEOPLE  IS  SUPPLIED  BY  THE  ALABAMA  POWER  COMPANY. 


CHAMBERS  COUNTY 

of  peaches,  and  is  the  home  of  the  famous  Purnell  peach  | 
orchards.  A remarkable  characteristic  is  the  equality  | 
that  pervades  the  county  in  its  adaptation  for  diversified  | 
farming.  The  land  is  red,  gray  or  mulatto,  the  last  | 
named  being  preferred  for  general  crops.  Mr.  Curtis  | 
Avery  of  Stroud  has  produced  ninety-nine  (99)  bushels  | 
of  corn  cn  one  acre. 

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THIS  county  comprises  620  square  miles,  and  was 
one  of  fifteen  organized  from  the  land  acquired 
from  the  Muscogee  Indians,  and  formed  in  1832. 
The  eastern  boundary  is  the  State  of  Georgia. 
The  name  was  chosen  in  honor  of  a pioneer,  Dr. 
James  Chambers,  of  Madison  County,  a Virginian. 

The  county  is  noted  for  its  reliability  in  the  production 


A FINE  HERD  OF  CHAMBERS  COUNTY  JERSEYS. 


| Oak  forests  are  notable  for  their  expanse  and  luxuri- 
| ant  growth  of  red,  white,  post  and  Spanish  oak  timber. 
| Many  old  time  plantation  homes  survive  to  attest  the 
| successful  production  of  cotton,  corn  and  small  grains  on 
| their  broad  acres.  The  ordinary  fruits  and  vegetables 
| for  family  use  are  plentiful. 

| Corundum  is  found  in  great  quantities.  A beautiful 
| gray  and  blue  rock,  susceptible  of  high  polish  is  found  in 
| the  northern  part,  and  is  used  for  monuments. 

| Grist  mills  for  grinding  wheat  are  located  in  various 
| places.  On  the  Chattahooche  River  are  two  cotton  mills. 
| LaFayette  is  the  county  seat  with  a population  of  near- 


ly 2,000.  Bluffton,  Cusseta,  Fredonia,  and  Millton  are 
growing  villages. 

The  policy  of  the  Lanett  Cotton  Mill  is  interesting. 
The  company  has  invested  $150,000  in  school  houses  and 
equipment  for  the  use  of  the  mill  population.  Besides 
this  outlay  large  amounts  are  invested  in  libraries,  a 
kindergarten  and  supplementary  salaries  for  teachers. 
The  purpose  is  to  insure  comfort  and  contentment  to  the 
employees. 

A healthy  climate,  fine  water  and  a responsive  soil, 
supported  by  the  best  social  character  in  its  citizenship, 
all  commend  Chambers  County  to  settlers. 


CHEROKEE  COUNTY 


ATURE  sports  with  the  earth  in  Cherokee 
County.  The  variety  of  soils  is  remarkable. 
The  valleys  alternate  between  mountain  ridges 
and  yield  generous  crops. 

The  Little  River  flows  through  the  northern 
precincts.  Along  its  course  for  six  or  seven  miles  is  a 
series  of  cataracts.  The  first  occurs  where  the  stream, 
a shallow  sheet  of  water  100  feet  wide,  tosses  itself  over 
a precipice  thirty  feet  high,  into  an  enormous  rock  basin 
of  great  depth.  The  basin  then  discharges  its  overflow 
through  a narrow  chasm  varying  in  depth  from  30  to 
120  feet.  The  surroundings  are  wild  and  rugged. 

Below,  on  the  east,  Wolf  Creek  unites  with  ' Little 
River.  At  the  junction  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river 
there  is  a most  notable  cave,  one  of  the  curiosities  of 
America.  It  is  not  surpassed  in  beauty  nor  magnitude. 
Brewer  describes  it:  “The  ante-chamber  is  about  100 
feet  in  length  by  50  in  width,  with  a concave  dome  from 
30  to  50  feet  in  height  supported  by  perpendicular  walls 
and  cretaceous  pillars.  This  hall  is  noted  for  its  acoustic 
charms  and  nature  seems  to  have  simply  executed  the 
plan  which  the  hand  of  art  designed.” 

There  are  many  orchards  of  peaches,  apples,  plums 
and  pears.  Vineyards  are  especially  successful.  Fruit 
trees  and  vineyards  are  rarely  injured  by  frost  on  the 
elevations.  The  livestock  industry  is  capable  of  excep- 
tional success,  as  grasses  and  legumes  produce  luxuri- 
antly. 

The  Broomtown  Valley  is  perhaps  the  most  attractive 
agricultural  region  in  the  country.  The  soil  is  fertile  in 
the  extreme,  and  the  landscape  is  bold  and  attractive. 
The  forests  and  the  farms  are  watered  by  many  clear 
and  rapid  streams. 

A great  wealth  of  timber  consists  in  a variety  of  oak, 
hickory,  chestnut,  long  leaf  and  short  leaf  pine.  There 
are  many  lumber  mills  and  log  yards  on  the  banks  of 
the  Coosa  River. 

The  quantity  of  iron  ore  present  is  proven  by  the 
numerous  iron  manufacturing  industries  in  the  county. 


There  are  six  manufactories  of  that  character  in  opera- 
tion. A cotton  mill  prospers  at  Spring  Garden. 

The  county  is  bisected  from  east  to  west  by  the  Coosa 
River  which  is  navigable  all  the  way.  In  addition  to  the 
Coosa  River  transportation  is  the  trunk  line  railroad  that 
reaches  the  central  and  northern  parts. 

Center  is  the  county  seat.  Cedar  Bluff  is  another  town 
of  importance.  At  Gaylesville  is  a noted  school. 


TYPE  OF  PURE  BRED  BULL  PRODUCED  IN  CHEROKEE 
COUNTY. 


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CHILTON  COUNTY 


HE  territory  of  this  modern  county  was  taken 
from  the  adjacent  counties  of  Perry,  Bibb,  Au- 
tauga and  Shelby.  The  act  was  passed  by  the 
military  legislature  of  1868. 

In  the  first  ten  years  the  county  increased 
nearly  100  per  cent  in  population.  The  county  seat, 
Clanton,  named  in  honor  of  a Confederate  soldier  and 
political  leader,  quickly  became  the  important  local  mar- 
ket. Twenty-nine  saw-mills  sprang  up.  Verbena  and 
Mountain  Creek,  points  on  the  Louisville  & Nashville 
railroad,  became  summer  resorts  for  the  citizens  of 
Montgomery.  As  the  cut-over  timber  land  came  into  use 
as  farms,  a new  prosperity  arose.  It  was  discovered 
that  highland  rice  grew  there  abundantly. 

The  average  rainfall  in  the  three  summer  months, 
June,  July  and  August,  when  most  needed  for  crops,  is 
14  inches. 

The  county  is  practically  the  center  of  the  State.  The 
climate  represents  the  salubrity  of  the  State.  The 
county  lies  between  the  Cahaba  River  and  the  Coosa,  of 
which  the  Chestnut  Creek,  Swift,  Blue  Creek,  Big  Mul- 
berry and  Little  Mulberry  are  tributaries. 


The  agricultural  capacity  of  Chilton  is  at  least  aver- 
age with  that  of  the  State.  The  farms  are  owned  most- 
ly by  white  men  who  work  their  own  lands.  The  crops 
are  cotton,  corn,  oats,  wheat,  rice  and  clover. 

The  soil  is  gently  rolling.  Jemison  mountain,  near 
Clanton,  is  835  feet  above  sea  level.  In  the  southwest- 
ern part  the  Perry  mountains  rise  to  650  feet  above  sea 
level. 

Thorsby  is  a colony  largely  devoted  to  growing  straw- 
berries for  Birmingham  and  Montgomery,  and  for  ex- 
tensive shipment  to  Northern  markets. 

Three  trunk  railroads  offer  full  transportation  facili- 
ties. Clanton  is  the  distributing  point  of  a large  and 
growing  commerce  in  lumber,  beef,  cattle,  hogs,  poultry, 
eggs,  melons  and  cotton. 

There  are  79  school  districts,  putting  school  within 
reach  of  all  children.  Most  of  the  school  houses  are  new 
and  furnished  in  modern  style.  The  churches  are  well 
supported.  There  are  many  miles  of  graded  roads. 

Near  Clanton  on  the  Coosa  River  is  a great  water 
power  plant,  representing  many  millions  of  dollars,  ca- 
pable of  distributing  light  and  power  to  cities  and  in- 
dustries throughout  Central  Alabama. 


DAM  AND  POWER  HOUSE  AT  LOCK  13  SHOWING  A PART  OF  I'HE  LAKE  FORMED.  THIS  LAKE  IS  22  MILES  LONG,  OVER 
THREE  MILES  WIDE  AT  ONE  POINT  AND  100  FEET  DEEP  IN  SOME  PLACES.  IT  IS  WELL  STOCKED  WITH  FISH 
AND  LARGE  QUANTITIES  OF  SHAD  RUN  UP  THE  RIVER  EVERY  SPRING. 


CHOCTAW  COUNTY 

HIS  is  among  the  largest  counties,  980  square 
miles,  and  it  is  also  one  of  the  most  important. 

Choctaw  County  was  formed  by  the  legisla- 
ture in  1847  by  taking  territory  from  Sumter  on 
the  north  and  Washington  on  the  south.  The 
Bigbee  River  is  the  eastern  border  and  the  State  of  Mis- 
sissippi the  western. 

The  name  is  in  honor  of  the  Choctaw  Indians  of  which 
Pushmataha  was  the  great  chief  in  the  first  half  of  the 
19th  century.  He  died  on  a visit  to  President  Jackson  at 
Washington.  Conscious  on  his  death  bed,  he  remarked 
upon  his  approaching  dissolution,  in  the  spirit  of  true 
poetry,  “When  the  news  comes  back  home  it  will  sound 
as  the  falling  of  a great  tree  when  the  wind  is  still.” 

There  is  a large  vineyard  of  the  scuppernong  variety 
of  grapes  near  Bladen  Springs  that  produces  wine  of 
excellent  quality.  This  indicates  the  properties  of  the 
soil  and  climate.  There  are  large  tracts  of  cultivated 
lands,  devoted  to  staple  crops,  cotton,  corn,  the  small 
grains,  peas,  potatoes,  sugar  cane.  Wild  grasses  grow 
on  the  hills  and  in  the  creek  valleys  where  cattle  keep  fat 
all  the  year.  The  forests  abound  in  pine,  oak,  and  hick- 
ory timber.  Vast  herds  of  hogs  fatten  on  mast,  nuts 
and  roots. 

Water  is  very  plentiful.  Besides  the  Tombigbee  upon 
the  eastern  boundary  there  is  the  Okatappah  River,  and 
the  Kintervish,  Tickamum,  Bogue  Chitta,  Wanalak, 
Bogue  Lessa,  Surveyor’s,  Pascus  and  Turkey  Creeks. 

Railroad  transportation  is  good  and  supplemented  by 
the  free  use  of  the  great  river.  There  are  first  class 
schools  at  Butler,  the  county  seat,  Pushmataha,  and  Mt. 
Sterling.  Churches  of  various  faiths  are  maintained. 


FROM  A CHOCTAW  COUNTY  VINEYARD. 


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CLARKE  COUNTY 


By  M.  L.  ORR,  Principal  Clarke  County  High  Schorl. 


LARKE  COUNTY,  in  the  southwestern  part  of 
Alabama,  comprises  1,216  square  miles  with  a 
population  of  30,987.  The  climate  is  equable, 
the  winters  being  mild  and  short.  Winds  from 
the  Gulf  make  the  nights  cool  and  pleasant  in 
| summer.  The  elevation  is  450  feet  above  sea  level,  with 
| an  average  temperature  of  64  degrees.  Rainfall  is  well 
| distributed  and  sufficient  to  insure  good  yields  of  all 
| crops. 

Character  of  Soil 

| Being  in  the  Gulf  coastal  plain  the  soil  is  chiefly  sedi- 
| mentary  in  origin.  Twenty  soil  types  have  been  mapped 
| in  the  county,  of  which  Orangeburg  fine  sandy  loam 
i comprises  20%,  Susquehanna  fine  sandy  loam  11%,  Sus- 
| quehanna  clay  10%  and  Oakland  silt  loam  10%.  All  of 
| the  virgin  soils  are  well  supplied  with  humus. 

Price  of  Land 

The  average  price  of  improved  farm  lands  in  the  coun- 
ty is  between  $20.00  and  $40.00  per  acre.  Unimproved 
| land  can  be  secured  in  abundance  at  from  $3.50  to  $10.00 
| an  acre.  Forested  areas  readily  bring  from  $25.00  to 
| $40.00  per  acre. 


maple,  cedar,  ash,  gum  and  cypress  abound  in  profusion. 
Unskilled  labor  is  easy  to  secure  both  for  the  farm  and 
mill. 


Character  of  Roads 

The  proposed  Jackson  Highway  passes  through  the 
towns  of  Thomasville,  Fulton,  Grove  Hill  and  Jackson. 
Other  roads  nearly  as  good  connect  the  principal  towns. 
“Better  Roads”  is  a live  question  and  much  good  work  is 
being  done.  Within  the  last  three  years  the  county  com- 
missioners have  appropriated  $45,000  for  improving  the 
roads  and  the  Scotch  Lumber  Company  has  donated 
$25,000  for  this  purpose. 

Principal  Towns 

Grove  Hill,  the  county  seat,  is  situated  on  a plateau  of 
rich  farming  land  in  the  middle  of  the  county  and  has  a 
health  record  second  to  none.  Thomasville  is  situated 
on  the  Southern  Railroad  and  enjoys  a flourishing  trade. 
It  has  a number  of  substantial  mercantile  houses;  a cot- 
ton seed  oil  mill;  a large  cotton  warehouse;  a bank  capi- 
talized at  $100,000;  several  good  hotels;  Baptist,  Meth- 
odist and  Presbyterian  churches;  and  a good  city  school 


A LOGGING  TRAIN  BOUND  FOR  THE  BIG  MILLS  AT  FULTON. 


Principal  Industries 

| The  principal  industries  are  farming  and  lumbering. 
| The  climate  and  character  of  the  soil  makes  almost  any 
| crop  profitable.  Diversified  farming  is  beginning  to  be 
| practiced  extensively.  Cotton,  although  still  being  the 
| chief  money  crop,  is  being  largely  supplanted  by  such 
| crops  as  corn,  oats,  velvet  beans,  peanuts,  potatoes, 
| sugar  cane,  and  forage  crops  of  all  kinds  for  livestock. 

The  livestock  industry  has  made  marvelous  strides 
I within  recent  years.  Marketing  associations  have  been 
I formed  at  Grove  Hill  and  Thomasville. 

I A large  number  of  lumber  mills  are  operating  in  dif- 
| ferent  parts  of  the  county,  of  which  the  Scotch  Lumber 
| Company  at  Fulton  and  the  Zimmerman  Lumber  Com- 
| pany  at  Jackson  are  the  largest.  The  Scotch  Lumber 
| Company  operates  one  of  the  largest  lumber  mills  in  the 
j State,  employing  over  300  men  and  owning  35,000  acres 
| of  cut-over  land  besides  thousands  of  acres  of  virgin 
| timber.  The  long  leaf  pine  is  the  most  important  lum- 
! ber  tree  in  the  county,  although  oak,  hickory,  walnut, 


system.  The  town  is  supplied  with  electric  lights,  mu- 
nicipally owned,  and  the  city  council  has  recently  appro- 
priated $25,000  for  water  works. 

Jackson,  the  largest  town  in  the  county,  is  on  the 
Southern  Railroad  and  the  Tombigbee  River.  It  has  a 
number  of  mercantile  houses,  Baptist,  Methodist  and 
Presbyterian  churches,  a bank  capitalized  at  $32,000, 
electric  lights  and  water  works.  It  is  the  center  of  large 
timber  interests,  and  has  three  saw  mills,  two  veneer 
mills  and  a stave  mill.  Near  Jackson  there  is  the  largest 
known  ochre  deposit  in  the  United  States.  The  mining 
of  this  material  and  the  making  of  pottery  from  it  gives 
employment  to  many  people.  The  town  is  supplied  with 
telephone  and  telegraph  facilities.  The  First  District 
Agricultural  School  is  situated  here. 

Fulton  is  an  incorporated  town  on  the  Southern  Rail- 
road. The  principal  enterprise  here  is  the  Scotch  Lum- 
ber Company.  The  town  is  supplied  with  water  works, 
electric  lights,  and  in  fact  nearly  every  modern  conven- 
ience. There  are  Baptist  and  Methodist  churches,  and  a 
good  school  system  of  ten  grades. 


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Schools  and  Churches 

1 Clarke  County  is  supplied  with  an  excellent  system  of 
| public  and  high  schools.  There  are  86  public  white 
1 schools,  and  52  negro  schools  in  the  county.  All  are  reg- 
I ularly  supervised  by  an  efficient  superintendent  of  edu- 
| cation.  The  public  schools  of  the  county  are  among  the 
I best  in  the  State. 

| Baptist,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian  churches  are 
| found  in  practically  every  community  throughout  the 
| county. 

| Transportation,  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Facilities 
1 The  Southern  Railway  extends  from  the  north  to  the 


south  end  of  the  county.  It  passes  through  Thomasville,  | 
Fulton,  Jackson,  and  numerous  other  smaller  stations.  | 
The  Tombigbee  River  on  the  western  side  of  the  county  § 
and  the  Alabama  River  on  the  eastern  side  insures  cheap  | 
freight  transportation  to  such  towns  as  Jackson,  Coffee-  I 
ville,  and  Gosport.  Cotton,  lumber  and  other  products  I 
of  the  farm  and  mill  are  shipped  to  Mobile  by  water. 

The  Southern  Bell  Telephone  Company  has  offices  in  | 
the  important  towns  of  the  county.  The  towns  of  Jack-  | 
son,  Thomasville,  Grove  Hill,  Fulton,  and  Coffeeville  all  | 
have  local  telephone  systems  with  private  lines  ramify-  | 
ing  for  many  miles  through  the  surrounding  territory.  | 
The  Western  Union  and  Postal  Telegraph  companies  | 
have  offices  in  towns  along  the  railroad. 


CLAY  COUNTY 


LAY  COUNTY  was  formed  in  1866  by  the  first 
session  of  the  legislature  after  Appomattox,  by 
territory  taken  from  Randolph  and  Talladega, 
and  embraces  599  square  miles. 

The  climate  is  so  peculiarly  bracing  that  the 
| Indians  knew  of  it  and  sought  residence  there.  A moun- 
| tain  ridge  divides  Clay  County  from  southwest  to  north- 
11  east.  At  the  base  on  both  sides  the  soil  is  naturally  very 
| fertile.  It  is  said  that  the  cotton  grown  there  is  an  ex- 
| ceedingly  fine  grade  of  the  long  fibre  variety. 

| Gold,  silver,  barytes,  tin,  manganese,  pyrites,  soap- 
! stone,  iron,  copper,  copperas,  mica,  graphite  and  slate 
| are  found.  The  Confederate  Government  mined  sulphur 
| there  for  more  than  two  years  during  the  Civil  War. 

| The  possibilities  for  the  development  of  great  water 
| power  plants  are  numerous  and  widely  distributed. 
| Heavy  timber  is  plentiful,  the  leading  varieties  being 
| long  leaf  and  short  leaf  pine,  maple,  sweet  gum,  and 
| hickory. 

| All  ordinary  crops  produced  in  the  United  States  grow 
| well. 

| Perennial  springs  of  cool  water  abound.  Large  creeks 
| are  numerous.  This  condition,  coupled  with  the  easy 
I production  of  all  the  best  pasturage  grasses,  suggests 
| the  development  of  the  livestock  industry  which  is  now 
| being  given  attention  by  the  leading  farmers. 


Ashland  is  the  county  seat.  Lineville  and  Delta  are  § 
the  principal  trading  places. 


CLAY  COUNTY’S  ANSWER  TO  THE  BOLL  WEEVIL. 


CLEBURNE  COUNTY 


1 C.  C.  HOLLIS,  OF  CLEBURNE  COUNTY,  WHO  RAISED  103  9/14 
BUSHELS  OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  RED  LOAM  SOIL. 


HIS  county,  545  square  miles,  was  taken  from  § 
Calhoun,  Randolph  and  Talladega  in  1866  and  | 
named  in  honor  of  Major  General  Patrick  R.  | 
Cleburne  of  the  Confederate  army. 

It  is  a land  of  health  and  prosperity.  The  soil  I 
is  well  adapted  to  tobacco,  fruit  of  all  kinds,  vegetables,  | 
grazing  and  crops  of  small  grains.  The  principal  mar-  j 
ket  crop  is  cotton  mainly  because  there  is  little  effort  to  § 
diversify.  The  land  is  well  adapted  to  apples,  peaches  | 
and  berries.  Timber  is  sufficient  to  justify  its  use  in  | 
manufacturing.  Red,  white  and  Spanish  oak,  short  and  | 
long  leaf  pine,  walnut,  hickory  and  gum  are  all  found  in  | 
commercial  quantities. 

At  many  points  gold  ore  has  been  found.  At  Arba-  | 
choochee  it  was  mined  to  some  extent.  Copper,  mica,  § 
slate,  graphite,  pyrites,  and  kaolin  deposits  are  numer-  § 
ous. 

The  water  supply  is  good  in  every  part  of  the  county.  1 
The  Tallapoosa  River  and  such  creeks  as  Terrapin,  Mus-  | 
cadino,  Cane,  Shoal  and  Lost,  afford  excellent  drainage.  § 

There  are  several  good  markets — Edwardsville,  the  | 
county  seat,  Heflin,  Arbachoochee  and  Chulafinee.  The  § 
schools  generally  in  the  county  are  well  supported  and  | 
both  Edwardsville  and  Heflin  have  educational  advan-  1 
tages  of  exceptional  merit. 


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COFFEE  COUNTY 


IKE  the  other  counties  that  lie  in  the  southeast- 
ern section  of  Alabama,  Coffee  County  has  a 
wealth  of  long  leaf  pine,  an  equable  climate, 
abundance  of  pure  water  and  a soil  adapted  to 
a great  variety  of  crops. 

| The  heat  of  summer  is  so  regulated  by  Gulf  breezes 
| that  farm  labor  under  the  sun  is  not  exhausting.  Pro- 
| ductive  labor  in  winter  is  never  checked  by  cold.  The 
1 products  of  the  farm,  the  garden,  the  orchard  and  the 
| vineyard  supply  nearly  every  article  of  diet  except  cof- 
§ fee  and  tea.  Rice  produces  heavily,  and  rye,  oats,  corn, 
1 potatoes,  sugar  cane,  peaches,  pears,  apples,  plums, 
| quinces,  and  grapes,  are  raised  in  abundance.  Many  fine 
| fish  live  in  the  numerous  streams. 

| The  county  is  divided  into  timber  sections.  In  the 
| northeastern  part  is  found  oak,  hickory  and  ash.  A 
| great  yellow  pine  growth  in  almost  perfection  covers  the 
| remaining  territory. 

1 Sheep  and  cattle  live  and  fatten  the  whole  year  round 
I in  the  woods.  Long,  luxuriant  grasses  and  legumes  grow 
I throughout  the  twelve  months.  Rivers  and  streams  with 
| perpetual  flow  cross  the  land.  In  several  places  mineral 
J springs  of  excellent  quality  are  found. 

| Elba,  the  capital,  situated  near  the  center,  has  good 
| railroad  facilities.  Wool  is  a considerable  commodity  of 
| trade.  The  comprehensive  public  school  system  of  the 
| State  prevails.  The  religious  sentiment  of  the  county  is 
| generally  active. 

| There  are  304  members  of  the  Boys’  Corn  Club. 


PRIZE  WINNING  SHORT  HORN  BULLS  ARE  IMPROVING 
THE  GRADE  OF  STOCK  PRODUCED  IN  COFFEE  COUNTY. 


, COLBERT  COUNTY 


HIS  county,  about  600  square  miles,  lies  on  the 
south  bank  of  the  Tennessee  River.  It  was  called 
Colbert  in  honor  of  two  half-breed  Chickasaw 
chiefs,  George  and  Levi  Colbert,  who  lived  there 
and  were  greatly  esteemed  by  the  white  settlers. 

| The  first  railroad  in  Alabama  was  constructed  in  1831, 
| connecting  Tuscumbia  with  the  Tennessee  River,  two 
| miles  distant.  At  that  time  the  only  other  railroad  in 
| America  was  a short  line  in  Pennsylvania. 


HEREFORD  PURE  BREDS  ARE  POPULAR  ON  COLBERT 
COUNTY  FARMS. 


The  land  is  divided  between  the  valley  that  borders 
the  river  and  the  mountains  on  the  south.  There  are  sev- 
eral water  courses  of  importance.  At  Tuscumbia  a sub- 
terranean stream  gushes  forth  17,724  cubic  feet  of  water 
a minute. 

The  climate  is  favorable  to  varied  agriculture  through- 
out the  year.  Grass,  bur  clover,  turnips,  carrots,  etc., 
grow  all  through  the  winter  months.  The  latest  frost  is 
early  in  April  and  the  earliest  late  in  October.  Farm 
work  is  never  checked  by  cold.  The  average  rainfall  is 
nearly  50  inches.  Drinking  water  is  plentiful  and  of  the 
best  quality. 

Four  lines  of  railroads  offer  transportation  facilities 
conveniently  located.  The  Tennessee  River  is  also  used 
by  great  steamers  from  New  Orleans  and  Cincinnati. 

The  valley  land  affords  the  best  agricultural  opportu- 
nities. Humus  is  plentiful  and  commercial  fertilizers  are 
not  required  when  the  proper  rotation  of  crops  is  main- 
tained. Progressive  farmers  are  obtaining  most  satis- 
factory results  and  modern  power  farming  methods  are 
growing  in  favor.  Mr.  B.  F.  Oliver  raised  8GV2  bushels 
of  corn  on  one  acre  of  gray  sandy  loam  soil. 

The  native  forest  growth  is  oak,  hickory  and  walnut  in 
the  valleys;  on  the  mountain  lands  there  is  short  leaf 
pine,  oak  and  hickory. 

Brown  hematite  iron  ore  of  rich  quality  is  found  in  the 
southern  part  of  the  county  in  great  quantity.  Furnaces 
for  making  pig  iron  are  located  at  Sheffield. 

The  schools  of  Tuscumbia  and  Sheffield  are  exception- 
ally good  and  several  religious  denominations  are  active. 


“The  South  has  become  one  of  the  great  factors  in  the 
growing  strength  of  the  Nation,  and  the  natural  re- 
sources there  have  only  begun  to  be  appreciated.” — John 
Barrett,  Director  of  the  International  Bureau  of  Amer- 
ican Republics. 


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CONECUH  COUNTY 


HE  Conecuh  River  gave  its  name  to  this  county; 
it  is  an  Indian  word  meaning  “Land  of  Cane.” 
The  borders  of  the  rivers  and  creeks  produce  a 
growth  of  cane  so  profuse  as  to  be  peculiar  to 
ihis  section. 

| The  Conecuh  River  drains  four-fifths  of  the  area  and 
| the  Escambia  and  Little  Escambia  the  remaining  one- 
| fifth.  It  is  apparent  that  natural  drainage  is  a promi- 
| nent  feature  of  Conecuh  County.  Annual  rainfall  is  51 
| inches,  well  distributed  through  the  seasons. 

| The  surface  is  generally  level  with  a decline  south- 
| ward.  This  description  to  be  applied  to  the  vicinity  of 
1 the  larger  waterways.  Away  from  the  streams  the  land 
1 is  gently  undulating. 

| Of  recent  years  there  has  been  notable  agricultural  re- 
| vival.  It  has  been  discovered  that  a greater  part  of  the 
| acreage  is  capable  of  more  than  double  the  yield  that  has 
| been  produced  heretofore. 


I CONECUH  COUNTY  CANTALOUPES  HAVE  A WIDE  MARKET. 


| The  live  stock  industry  is  successful  and  increasing  in 
| importance. 

| Yams,  Irish  potatoes,  garden  vegetables,  water-mel- 
| ons,  cantaloupes,  onions,  popcorn,  squashes,  lettuce,  rad- 
| ishes,  turnips,  asparagus,  egg  plant  and  tomatoes,  grow 
| to  perfection  by  wise  cultivation.  The  climate  is  health- 
| ful  and  every  day  in  the  year  is  a working  day  on  grow- 
! ing  crops. 

| There  is  a famous  settlement  of  Northern  people  at 
| Castleberry  where  strawberry  farms  of  from  20  to  75 


acres  are  plentiful.  The  annual  average  shipment  is  150 
carloads  billed  to  Northern  markets. 

Distinctly  agricultural  as  Conecuh  County  is,  yet  the  g 
lumber  business  is  important.  The  growth  of  yellow  § 
pine  is  very  heavy.  Rosin  and  turpentine  production  is  | 
large  in  various  parts  of  the  county.  Various  clays  | 
suitable  for  brick,  tile  and  earthenware  are  found  in  g 
abundance. 

Railroad  facilities  are  good.  Schools  supported  by  the  1 
State,  and  active  churches  are  evidences  of  social  activ-  g 
ity  of  the  best  sort. 


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COUNTY. 


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COOSA  COUNTY 


HIS  county  was  formed  in  1832  from  territory 
received  by  treaty  from  the  Muscogee  Indians. 
In  1866  it  lost  a valuable  part  to  Elmore  County 
and  now  embraces  660  square  miles. 

The  Coosa  River  is  the  western  boundary. 
The  surface  is  diversified  with  precipitous  hills,  deep 
valleys,  terraces  and  localities  of  undulating  land. 
About  the  center  are  two  large  streams,  one  Weoguffka 
and  Hatchet  creeks.  Between  the  two  is  timber,  long 
leaf  pine,  mostly  of  exceptionally  good  quality.  In  the 
hills  is  iron  ore  of  great  value.  Granite,  copper,  tin, 
asbestos,  kaolin  and  some  signs  of  gold  and  silver  are 
also  found. 

The  lands  that  skirt  the  streams  produce  fine  crops. 
Cotton,  corn,  small  grains,  clover,  sugar  cane,  peanuts, 
all  vegetables,  melons,  fruits,  and  the  grasses  grow  in 
abundance.  There  are  many  valleys  where  beautiful 
farms  are  maintained.  Mr.  James  M.  Parker,  of  Equal- 
ity, produced  130%  bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre  of  red 
clay  soil  in  1911.  Stock  raising  should  be  given  more 
attention. 

Rockford  is  the  county  seat.  At  Rockford  is  a pros- 
perous cotton  mill.  Kellyton,  Nixburg  and  Goodwater 
are  good  market  towns. 

There  is  ample  water  power  to  justify  investment  in 
manufacturing.  The  railroad  connections  are  good. 


VESTA  MILLER,  OF  COOSA  COUNTY,  MADE  156  1 9 BUSH- 
ELS OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  BLACK  LOAM  SOIL. 


COVINGTON  COUNTY 


Has  Many  Rare  Opportunities  for  Honest  Men  of  Small  Means. 


Unbounded  Opportunity  for  Development  is  Offered  in  Covington 


THE  HARLAN  400-ACRE  SWEET  POTATO  PATCH. 


COVINGTON  COUNTY  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
State. 

It  has  an  area  of  1,044  square  miles. 

Its  total  acreage  is  668,160. 

Almost  every  acre  is  tillable  land. 

There  are  twenty-five  distinctive  types  of  soil. 


The  total  amount  of  rainfall  for  the  driest  year  was 
38.9  inches. 

The  total  amount  of  rainfall  for  the  wettest  year  was 
57.3  inches. 

The  formation  of  the  soil  is  such  that  with  proper  cul- 
tivation sufficient  moisture  is  retained  at  all  times. 


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Excessive  moisture  is  taken  care  of  through  drainage 
and  the  sandy  formation  of  the  soil. 

The  new  packing  plant  just  completed  at  Andalusia 
provides  a cash  market  for  cattle  and  hogs. 

Crop  failures  under  intelligent  management  are  un- 
known. 


The  health  records  of  the  county  are  all  that  could  be 
desired. 


This  is  an  ideal  country  for  the  man  of  moderate 
means  who  wants  to  acquire  a home  and  where  a com- 
fortable living  is  obtained  bv  a minimum  amount  of  toil. 


The  county  drains  in  three  directions:  West,  south 
| and  east. 

Li  Every  section  is  well  supplied  with  running  water. 

Pure  drinking  water  is  had  by  digging  wells  of  nom- 
| inal  depth. 

The  mean  temperature  for  the  year  is  65  degrees. 

The  absolute  maximum  for  the  year  is  105  degrees. 
The  absolute  minimum  is  0. 

The  snow  fall  average  is  1.4  inches. 


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Climate,  Land  and  Soil  Combine  to  Make  an 
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The  soils  of  Covington  County  are  specially  adapted 
to  the  growing  of  sugar  cane.  Syrup  produced  from  this 
cane  has  a superior  flavor  that  gives  it  a special  place  on 
the  market. 

The  velvet  bean,  queen  of  legumes,  finds  its  native 
heath  in  Covington  County.  They  are  grown  on  most 
every  farm  and  have  proven  most  profitable. 

Superintendent  T.  G.  Connor  of  the  Andalusia  pack- 
ing plant  has  worked  long,  hard  and  faithfully  on  the 
completion  of  this  great  enterprise.  He  has  watched 
every  detail.  He  has  neglected  no  item  that  might  con- 
tribute to  efficiency  and  completeness  of  the  plant.  He 
has  tried  to  improve  on  every  feature  of  other  plants  of 
the  kind.  His  success  in  this  respect  is  notable. 

Opp  has  two  of  the  best  banks  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  They  are  progressive  as  safe  banking  will  per- 
mit. They  devote  every  possible  resource  to  the  mate- 


YOUNG  PECAN  GROVE  WITH  FIELD  CROPS  BENEATH  THE 
TREES. 


rial  development  of  the  town  and  community.  They  are 
specially  interested  in  the  development  of  agriculture. 
Much  of  our  progress  along  this  line  is  due  to  the  help- 
ful co-operation  of  the  banks. 

Many  farmers  in  Covington  County  produce  enough 
every  year  to  pay  the  original  cost  of  the  land. 

The  record  corn  crop  grown  in  Covington  County  is 
149  bushels  on  one  acre.  It  is  as  fine  corn  country  as 
any  section  of  the  West. 

The  average  altitude  of  Covington  County  is  about  300 
feet  above  sea  level.  It  is  a fact  not  generally  known 


PICKING  TOMATOES  FOR  NEW  YORK  MARKET  ON  THE 
SHREVE  FARM. 


NURSERY  STOCK  SHOWING  REMARKABLE  GROWTH  UP 
TO  JUNE  1st. 


that  the  Alabama  Gulf  Coast  is  the  highest  point  on  the 
coast  between  Maine  and  Vera  Cruz,  in  Mexico. 

The  citizenship  of  Covington  County  is  of  the  highest 
quality.  The  people  are  industrious,  peaceable,  pro- 
gressive and  of  a high  order  of  intelligence.  The  ma- 
jority of  the  population  is  of  the  white  race.  This  is 
specially  true  of  the  farming  districts.  Most  of  the  col- 
ored population  is  centered  about  the  lumber  and  turpen- 
tine camps. 


CORN,  VELVET  BEANS  AND  PEANUTS  ON  THE  BENSON 
FARM  COVINGTON  COUNTY. 


Population  of  Covington  is  Increasing  Most 
Satisfactorily 

The  population  of  Andalusia,  the  county  seat,  is  about 
3,600. 

This  population  has  grown  from  270  in  1890. 

It  has  increased  from  551  since  1900. 

The  population  of  Covington  County  in  1910  was  32,- 
124,  in  1900  the  population  was  15,346,  in  1890  it  was 
7,536. 

This  shows  a doubling  in  population  in  each  of  the 
three  decades.  The  population  will  again  be  doubled 
during  the  present  decade. 

The  taxable  values  in  Covington  Countv  in  1910  were 
$7,170,370. 


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I In  1915  the  taxable  values  of  the  county  were  $8,- 
| 472,919. 

| This  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  two  or  three  of  the  larg- 
| est  lumber  and  turpentine  industries  had  been  cut  out 
| and  moved  away. 

| One  thousand  cars  of  watermelons  and  cantaloupes 
| were  shipped  over  the  A.  and  F.  branch  of  the  Louisville 
| & Nashville  Railroad  last  season.  This  branch  extends 
| across  the  eastern  section  of  the  county. 

| Citizens  of  Covington  County  Extend  Hearty  Welcome  to 
All  Homeseekers 

| Citizens  of  Covington  County  extend  hearty  welcome 
| to  all  homeseekers. 

| Our  hearts  and  our  homes  are  open  to  you.  We  invite 
| fullest  investigation  of  every  feature  of  this  favored 
| section. 

| Special  invitation  is  extended  to  the  intelligent,  thrifty 
| farmers  of  the  great  Northwest.  Come  and  live  among  us. 
| Your  neighbors  who  have  already  come  are  doing  well. 
| They  are  satisfied.  They  join  in  this  invitation. 

| Our  lands  will  produce  an  astonishing  variety  of  prof- 
| itable  crops.  They  will  grow  as  good  and  as  much  corn 
| as  the  lands  of  the  middle  West.  They  will  grow  grasses 
| and  other  grazing  crops  for  live  stock  every  month  in 
| the  year. 


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COVINGTON  COUNTY  CUCUMBERS. 
j|  Wright  Bros.  & Caton  Operate  at  River  Falls,  a Pickling  Plant 
= with  a Capacity  of  50,000  Gallons  of  Dill  Pickles  a Week,  Mak- 
ing Shipments  in  Barrels  and  Tank  Cars  to  the  Leading 
National  Distributing  Houses  of  the  Country. 


| Our  lands  will  grow  oranges,  strawberries,  fruits  of 
| all  kinds,  vegetables  and  indeed  every  variety  of  farm 
1 produce  that  will  grow  in  the  temperate  and  semi-trop- 
| ical  zones. 

| It  has  been  demonstrated  that  cattle  and  hogs  can  be 
| raised  here  more  cheaply  than  in  any  other  section  of  the 
| country.  The  winters  are  short  and  mild.  But  little 
| feeding  and  shelter  is  necessary.  Some  of  our  farmers 
| are  raising  mules  successfully.  There  is  no  reason  why 
j this  section  should  not  be  as  fine  a mule  country  as 
| Missouri. 

| Most  of  the  land  is  “cut-over”  land.  That  is,  it  has 
| been  recently  shorn  of  pine  timber  and  is  just  now  being 
| opened  to  agriculture.  Its  productiveness  is  astonishing 
| even  to  those  who  are  most  familiar  with  it. 

1 Several  progressive  towns  in  the  county  are  growing 
| rapidly  and  substantially.  They  offer  every  marketing 
| facility.  Grain  elevators  are  being  built  and  operated 
| in  all  of  them. 

| Come  down  and  look  us  over.  We  are  peaceable,  so- 
| cial  and  friendly.  We  want  you  to  share  in  the  good 
| things  this  section  has  to  offer. 

g Our  lands  are  marvelously  cheap,  not  because  of  any 
1 inferiority  in  quality,  but  because  the  country  is  new 
| and  the  real  worth  of  the  soil  has  not  been  appreciated. 

All  this  contributes  to  the  opportunity  that  now  awaits 
i you  here. 


Tilton  Hornsby  produced  150  bushels  of  corn  on  one 
acre  of  red  loam  upland  soil  in  Tallapoosa  County,  Ala- 
| bama. 


Condensed  Statement  of  Condition 

| THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 

OF  ANDALUSIA 

At  Close  of  Business  February  16th,  1916 

RESOURCES 


| Loans  and  Discounts $375,433.75  | 

| Bonds  and  Securities _ 27,246.39  | 

| Stock  Federal  Reserve  Bank 6,000.00  | 

| Furniture  and  Fixtures 2,077.50  g 

2 Revenue  Stamps 100.00  g 

1 Due  from  U.  S.  Treasurer 2,500.00  | 

2 Cash  and  Exchange 188,774.33  g 


$662,131.97  J 

LIABILITIES 

g Capital  Stock $100,000.00  | 

1 Surplus  Fund . 100,000.00  § 

1 Undivided  Profits 25,334.22  | 

2 Circulation  50,000.00  g 

1 Dividends  Unpaid 150.00  | 

g Deposits  386,647.75  1 


1 $662,131.97  | 

OFFICERS 

| J.  D.  Henderson,  President  Fox  Henderson,  Vice-Pres.  | 
| W.  F.  Simmons,  Vice-Pres.  T.  E.  Henderson,  Cashier.  I 
C.  D.  Bean,  Assistant  Cashier 

DIRECTORS 

| J.  D.  Henderson  C.  S.  O’Neal  A.  C.  Darling 

g W.  F.  Simmons  F.  K.  Feagin  T.  E.  Henderson  | 

g Fox  Henderson  H.  J.  Law 

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| D.  A.  McArtan,  Pre.s.  D.  A.  McRainey,  Vice-Pres.  | 

L.  M.  Studstill,  Cashier. 


J ANDALUSIA  BANK  & TRUST  CO.  1 

United  States  Depositary  for  Postal  Savings 

ANDALUSIA,  ALABAMA 


| Mr.  Farmer,  Merchant,  Laborer,  House-  | 
| keeper,  Professional  Man,  Boys  and  Girls,  we  | 
| especially  invite  you  to  open  an  account  with  | 
| this  friendly  Bank,  assuring  you  at  all  times  § 
| prompt  and  courteous  attention. 

| If  you  are  a stranger  coming  into  our  com-  § 
| munity  you  will  find  it  always  pleasant  to  do  | 
j business  with  us. 

We  Pay  4%  Per  Annum  Compounded 
Quarterly  on  Savings  Accounts 

| ANDALUSIA  BANK  & TRUST  CO.  J 

ANDALUSIA,  ALABAMA 

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ANDALUSIA,  ALABAMA 


IF  THERE’S  ANYTHING  YOU  WANT  IN  SOUTHWEST 
ALABAMA  OR  NORTHWEST  FLORIDA,  CALL  ON  US. 

TRACTS  FOR  FARMING.  TRACTS  FOR  COLONIZA- 
TION PURPOSES. 

CUT-OVER  LANDS,  SUITABLE  FOR  TRUCK  FARM- 
ING, AGRICULTURAL  PURPOSES  GENERALLY,  AND 
STOCK  RAISING,  SOLD  IN  QUANTITIES  TO  SUIT  PUR- 
CHASERS. 

SOIL  ESPECIALLY  ADAPTED  FOR  GROWING  VEL- 
VET BEANS,  COTTON,  CORN,  SWEET  POTATOES, 
GROUND  PEAS,  TOMATOES,  SUGAR-CANE,  AND  ALL 
KINDS  OF  FIELD  PEAS.  THIS  SECTION  IS  RAPIDLY 
BECOMING  THE  GREATEST  STOCK  RAISING  COUNTRY 
IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

ALL  KINDS  OF  FRUITS,  SUCH  AS  PEACHES,  PLUMS, 
GRAPES,  FIGS  AND  STRAWBERRIES. 

WE  WILL  SELL  YOU  A HOME  AND  GIVE  YOU  20 
YEARS  TO  PAY  FOR  IT. 

IF  YOU’RE  LOOKING  FOR  A HOME,  WRITE  US. 


WAITS  REALTY  CO. 


ANDALUSIA,  ALABAMA 

| Col.  G.  0.  WAITS,  President.  A.  C.  DARLING,  Vice-President.  C.  B.  MATTHEWS,  Treasurer.  | 

W.  R.  GREENE,  Secretary.  W.  H.  ALBRITTON,  Counsel. 

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Wholesale  Farm  Lands 


FLORALA,  ALABAMA 


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TO  THE  HOME-SEEKER  THAT  ARE  SURPASSED 
IN  NO  OTHER  SECTION  OF  THE  SOUTH 

HERE  ARE  SOME  OF  THE  ITEMS 

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Splendid  Marketing  Facilities,  Good  Water , Pure  Air 


Hearty  welcome  is  extended  to  honest,  thrifty  and  progressive  people  who  are 
seeking  opportunity  in  a new  country. 

The  Mayor,  the  banks  and  any  citizen  will  gladly  give  full  information  about  any 
feature  of  the  town  or  community  that  may  be  desired. 

Fullest  investigation  of  this  section  is  invited.  We  will  help  you  to  know  all  the 
facts.  We  are  confident  of  favorable  results. 

ADDRESS 

I THE  MAYOR  THE  BANKS  ANY  CITIZEN  J 


The  First  National  Bank  | The  Covington  County  Bank  | 


OPP,  ALABAMA 


During  thirty  days  recently  the  deposits  in  g 
this  bank  increased  $30,000. 


Capital  Stock  $ 50,000.00 
Surplus  $25,000.00 


Capital  Stock  Paid  in  $100,000 

Surplus  and  Profit 45,000 

Shareholder’s  Liability 100,000 

Security  to  Depositors  $245,000 


This  is  one  of  the  strongest  financial  institu- 
tions in  Southeast  Alabama.  Its  conservatism 
and  steady  growth  reflects  the  stability  of  de- 
velopment in  this  growing  section. 


OPP,  ALABAMA 


JOHN  R.  KELLY  President 

DR.  T.  E.  DALTON  Vice-President 

E.  E.  KELLY Cashier 

L.  KELLY  Assistant  Cashier 


A.  S.  DOUGLAS,  Pres.  JOHN  J.  FITZGERALD,  V.-P.  | THE  SECOND  OLDEST  BANK  IN  THE 
CHARLES  W.  MIZELL,  Cashier.  § COUNTY 

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COVINGTON  COUNTY.  ALABAMA 
OFFERS  EVERY  ADVANTAGE  FOR  PLEASANT 
AND  PROFITABLE  CITIZENSHIP 


IT  HAS  IDEAL  CLIMATE,  GOOD  HEALTH,  FINE  PEOPLE,  GOOD  SCHOOLS  AND  g 
I CHURCHES,  PROGRESSIVE  TOWNS,  BEST  MARKETING  FACILITIES  AND  A WIDE 
I RANGE  OF  AS  PRODUCTIVE  SOILS  AS  CAN  BE  FOUND  IN  THE  SOUTH. 


All  interests  of  this  favored  county  invite 
full  and  scrutinizing  investigation  of  the  pros- 
pective home-seeker.  We  feel  that  every  fea- 
ture of  public,  private  and  general  condition  in 
this  county  will  bear  the  most  critical  investi- 
gation. We  want  you  to  know  the  facts.  Ev- 
ery citizen  feels  confident  of  the  results  of  hon- 
est scrutiny. 

Those  who  have  already  sought  and  found 
homes  and  business  here  are  successful  and 
satisfied.  This  statement  applies  only  to  those 
who  have  put  forward  honest  and  conscientious 
effort.  The  man  who  works  can  make  an  easy 
and  comfortable  living  here.  Every  condition 
of  land,  climate  and  market  combine  to  perfect 
this  opportunity. 

The  wide  range  of  crops  adaptable  to  this  soil 
and  climate  makes  it  possible  for  the  farmer  to 
produce  not  only  the  necessities  of  life  but 
many  of  the  luxuries  with  little  effort  on  his 
own  farm. 

No  one  section  of  the  county  has  any  partic- 
ular advantage  over  another  when  all  things 
are  taken  into  consideration.  There  is  varia- 
tion of  soil  types  and  accessibility  to  market, 


but  where  there  is  some  peculiar  deficiency  in 
one  thing  there  is  usually  some  redeeming  ad-  | 
vantage.  Every  section  of  the  county  is  devel-  | 
oping  rapidly.  In  every  section  there  is  un-  | 
bounded  opportunity  for  greater  development.  | 

Some  communities  have  shown  marvelous  | 
growth  during  the  past  ten  and  fifteen  years  j 
Some  towns  have  sprung  from  villages  of  a few  § 
hundred  people  to  two  and  three  thousand  | 
people. 

This  is  concrete  evidence  of  the  marvelous  | 
opportunity  for  development.  Every  town  in 
the  county  is  growing  along  permanent  lines.  1 

The  stranger  who  does  not  understand  the  1 
climatic  and  other  conditions  that  exist  here  1 
should  take  the  time  to  investigate.  He  has  a 1 
real  surprise  in  store  for  himself. 

The  citizens  and  business  interests  of  Cov-  § 
ington  County  have  tried  to  present  the  advan-  | 
tages  and  natural  resources  of  this  community  § 
to  the  public  through  this  edition  of  the  Ala-  | 
bama  Land  Book  in  an  honest,  conservative  and  | 
convincing  manner.  We  have  earnestly  tried  I 
to  avoid  coloring  or  exaggeration  of  facts.  We  \ 
want  you  to  know  the  truth  about  this  section.  1 


Any  Official  or  Citizen  of  Covington  County  Will  Gladly  Respond  to  Any 
Request  for  Additional  Information. 


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Located  in  the  Center  of  the  Great  Cut-Over  Pine  Timber  Belt 

Officials  and  citizens  invite  you.  We  have  broadening  opportunities  for 
Business,  for  Agriculture,  and  for  comfortable  home-making. 

Lands  are  cheap,  markets  available,  health  is  unsurpassed,  climate  ideal 
and  the  best  people  on  earth. 

The  town  of  Andalusia  has  grown  from  a village  of  a few  hundred  peo-  § 

pie  to  a city  of  several  thousand  in  one  and  a half  decades.  This  is  proof  of 
possibilities  of  the  surrounding  country.  The  growth  of  a town  is  always 
an  unerring  index  to  the  development  of  the  country  surrounding.  Espe- 
cially true  is  this  of  agricultural  communities.  | 

Officials  of  Andalusia,  Banks  and  other  business  concerns  will  gladly 
respond  to  all  requests.  For  further  information  about  the  town  or  county 

ADDRESS 

SECRETARY  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 


CRENSHAW  COUNTY 


HIS  county,  an  oblong  territory,  620  square  miles, 
cut  from  five  counties,  Butler,  Pike,  Lowndes, 
Coffee,  and  Covington. 

It  is  an  agricultural  community  with  nothing 
peculiar  that  distinguishes  it  from  the  other 
I five  counties  from  which  it  was  taken.  The  surface  is 
1 gently  undulating.  The  soil  is  red,  gray  and  lime.  Mr. 
| J.  R.  Horn  made  92%  bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre  of 
| gray  sandy  land  with  clay  sub-soil. 

| The  staple  crops  of  the  adjacent  counties  grow  here 
| with  equal  facility.  Fruits,  melons,  etc.,  do  well.  Vine- 
! yards  are  extremely  prolific.  The  livestock  industry  is 
1 sufficiently  advanced  to  prove  that  it  will  succeed  when 
| pursued  earnestly.  The  timber  wealth  is  great,  but 
| there  is  a lack  of  transportation  to  develop  it. 

I Luverne  is  the  county  seat;  Rocky  Mount,  Honoraville, 
| New  Providence,  Bullock  and  Highland  Home  are  vil- 
I lages. 


R.  C.  Carlisle,  County  Demonstration  Agent,  says: 

“The  things  we  need  are  men  and  money;  men  who  | 
know  stock  as  we  know  cotton  and  money  to  help  us  I 
change  our  conditions.  We  are  a very  conservative  peo-  | 
pie,  but  when  we  begin  on  a new  line,  we  are  just  as  hard  § 
to  be  discouraged  as  we  were  to  get  started. 

“The  land  seeker  will  do  well  to  consider  the  following  1 
facts:  Only  about  64%  of  our  land  is  being  used — a f 
great  deal  of  the  unused  land  being  worth,  when  cleared  | 
and  out  under  cultivation,  only  $25.00  to  $50.00  an  acre.  | 
On  this  same  land  with  the  field  crops  that  we  have,  we  | 
have  cleared  $25.00  per  acre.  Pastures  are  producing  as  j 
much  as  $18.00  an  acre  a year  by  grazing  cattle  and  | 
hogs.  For  extensive  stock  raising  we  have  as  good  con-  | 
ditions  as  there  are  anywhere  in  the  world;  we  can  have  | 
both  permanent  and  cultivated  pastures  that  will  keep  | 
cattle  in  good  condition  for  year  round.” 


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CULLMAN  COUNTY 


By  FANNY  ROSSO  N,  Cullman,  Alabama. 


ULLMAN  COUNTY  is  attractive  because  of  its 
magnificent  scenery,  high  class  citizenship,  de- 
lightful climate,  good  and  cheap  farming  lands, 
long  growing  season,  and  steady  markets. 
Healthful  because  of  its  high  altitude  and  cool 

breezes. 

The  soil  of  Cullman  County  is  a sandy  loam  with  a 
clay  sub-soil  and  a mixture  of  rotten  limestone,  and 
many  regions  are  covered  with  the  original  forest 
growth,  in  which  is  much  available  timber. 

The  average  rainfall  during  a period  of  twenty  years 
was  55  inches.  This  occurs  at  such  regular  intervals 
that  no  season  has  an  excess  of  moisture.  Long  droughts 
never  happen  during  the  summer,  and  vegetation  is  al- 
ways fresh  and  well  watered. 

The  best  farm  lands  are  for  sale  at  low  prices;  coal 
may  be  bought  from  the  local  mines  very  cheaply;  water 
works  may  be  installed  in  the  farm  houses  from  the 
mountain  springs  for  the  cost  of  the  piping  and  a little 
labor;  help  on  farms  may  be  had  at  a low  rate;  lumber 


JOHN  T.  DALKE  MADE  118  7/28  BUSHELS  OF  CORN  ON  ONE 
ACRE  OF  CREEK  BOTTOM  LAND. 

is  cheap;  stone  for  building  may  be  had  on  most  farms 
for  the  cost  of  quarrying  the  rock  out;  the  growing  sea- 
son lasts  from  the  first  of  March  until  December;  two 
or  three  crops  may  be  raised;  the  cost  of  raising  cattle  is 
reduced  to  a minimum.  Good  markets  in  nearby  Birm- 
ingham always  afford  the  best  prices  for  produce. 

The  soil  and  the  climate  of  this  county  are  peculiarly 
adapted  to  the  growth  pf  hay,  grain,  and  grasses.  These 
lands  could  be  made,  therefore,  to  pay  large  returns  by 
stock  raising.  This  industry  is  comparatively  new,  how- 
ever. There  is  a model  stock  farm  situated  about  two 
miles  east  of  the  city  of  Cullman,  and  this  has  been 
proven  to  be  one  of  the  most  successful  money  making 
industries. 

The  State  Geologist  and  others,  after  a study  of  the 
lands  of  Cullman  County,  agree  that  the  most  appropri- 
ate and  profitable  use  of  the  county’s  lands,  lies  in  the 
cultivation  of  fruits  and  vegetables.  Cotton  of  an  excel- 
lent quality  may  be  raised.  The  boll  weevil  has  never 
reached  this  county  on  account  of  the  high  altitude. 

Under  cultivation  by  an  industrious  band  of  Germans 
and  Georgians,  Cullman  County  stands  today  second  in 
the  United  States  in  average  per  capita  wealth.  It  is 
surpassed  only  by  Lancaster  County,  Pennsylvania. 

The  kind  of  people  that  live  in  a community  must 
always  be  considered  by  the  prospective  home-seeker. 
The  people  who  settled  this  county  constitute  one  of  its 
greatest  drawing  cards.  Most  of  them  are  industrious, 


hard-working  and  thrifty  Germans,  who  know  the  | 
science  of  farming.  Most  of  the  farms  are  small  and  § 
are  worked  by  one  family  without  hired  help.  The  ques-  | 
tion  of  labor  supply  gives  little  trouble.  The  houses  are  | 
near  each  other  and  there  is  plenty  of  good  neighbor-  | 
hood  society. 

In  the  larger  industries,  efficient  German  laborers  g 
may  be  hired  at  reasonable  cost.  Cullman  County  is  the  | 
white  man’s  county  of  Alabama.  Many  Georgians  have  g 
moved  into  this  county  and  have  aided  much  in  its  | 
progress. 

In  addition  to  the  city  of  Cullman,  the  county  seat,  | 
Hanceville,  Arkadelphia  and  Garden  City  are  located  in  | 
the  southern  and  eastern  pai't;  Vinemont,  Berlin,  Holly  | 
Pond,  and  Joppa,  situated  elsewhere  in  the  county  are  | 
attractive  places  in  which  to  trade  or  live. 

Cullman  is  on  the  main  line  of  the  Louisville  & Nash-  g 
ville  Railroad,  fifty-three  miles  north  of  Birmingham  | 
and  thirty-three  miles  south  of  the  Tennessee  River.  | 
About  4,000  people  live  in  the  city  and  as  many  more  in  | 
the  little  German  and  Holland  groups  just  outside  the  1 
city  limits.  The  leading  interests  of  Cullman  are  as  | 
follows: 

Three  banks,  forty  stores,  three  drug  stores;  four  | 
hotels;  three  jewelers;  three  garages;  four  cotton  gins;  | 
four  grist  mills;  one  flour  mill;  two  tanneries;  one  cot-  g 
ton  seed  oil  mill;  one  handle  factory;  two  newspapers;  | 
one  wagon  factory;  one  ice  factory;  two  fertilizer  facto-  | 
ries;  a new  $14,000  railroad  station;  a $60,000  govern-  g 
ment  building;  water  works;  electric  light  plant;  the  Bell  | 
telephone  system  with  numerous  branches;  two  tele-  g 
graph  systems  and  ten  passenger  trains  daily. 

Cullman  is  one  of  the  educational  centers  of  the  State,  g 
There  is  a college  for  boys,  St.  Bernard,  about  one  mile  | 
from  town;  and  a convent,  the  Sacred  Heart,  for  girls.  § 
In  addition  to  these  the  county  high  school,  with  its  j 
beautiful  new  building,  is  located  here.  There  are  nu-  | 
merous  grammar  schools.  The  city  school  is  located  in  g 
the  center  of  town  and  has  a splendid  building  and  fur-  g 
nishings,  the  two  Lutheran  churches  maintain  their  own  | 
grammar  schools  as  does  the  Catholic  church. 

There  are  two  Methodist  churches,  two  Baptist,  two  | 
Lutheran,  two  Christian  and  a handsome  Catholic  church  | 
which  has  just  been  completed  at  a cost  of  $150,000.  | 
There  are  three  farmers’  associations,  one  of  which  has  g 
a building  of  its  own. 

Thirty  miles  of  excellent  pike  roads  have  just  been  g 
completed  with  a number  of  concrete  bridges.  The  pro-  | 
posed  Jackson  Highway  will  pass  through  Cullman.  A | 
new  railroad  has  been  built  to  the  coal  mines  in  the  lower  | 
part  of  the  county. 

The  homeseeker  cannot  drive  through  our  communi-  g 
ty  without  being  impressed  by  the  constant  industry,  | 
progress,  health  and  happiness  of  the  people  in  every  | 
part  of  Alabama’s  leading  county — Cullman. 


The  modern  man  needs  food,  heat,  clothing  and  wants  I 
to  be  happy.  In  Alabama  he  can  produce  all  the  Corn,  | 
Coal  and  Cotton  he  wants  and  ought  to  be  Cheerful. 


BOYS'  CORN  CLUB. 

Boys  Marching  to  Dinner  at  the  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute. 


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MITCHELL,  COBB  GEM  AND  ICE  CREAM  MELONS— GR  )WN  IN  CULLMAN  COUNTY  FOR  NORTHERN  MARKETS. 


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DALE  COUNTY 


HE  area  is  660  square  miles.  The  river  Choctaw- 
hatchee  runs  from  northeast  diagonally  south- 
west. The  land  on  the  upper  side  is  somewhat 
hilly,  but  more  level  on  the  lower  side. 

The  lands  of  both  sides  are  productive  of 
| cotton,  corn,  peas,  peanuts  and  rice.  Sugar-cane  is  ex- 
1 pressly  recommended  to  farmers.  Some  grades  of  com- 
| mercial  fertilizers  make  satisfactory  results.  Grasses 
1 and  vegetables  flourish.  Peaches,  figs  and  pears  do  well. 
I Honey  is  a fine  industry  as  the  wild  flowers  and  mild 
1 climate  favor  bees.  Beef  cattle  and  wool  are  produced, 
I and  if  the  improved  breeds  of  cattle  and  sheep  are  intel- 
| ligently  introduced  great  profit  can  be  realized.  Mr.  W. 


R.  Skipper  of  Ozark  has  produced  63  bushels  of  corn  on  | 
one  acre  of  sandy  loam  land,  clay  subsoil. 

There  is  an  abundance  of  water  power  for  saw  mills,  | 

and  there  are  a number  of  mills  on  the  creeks.  There  | 
is  a cotton  and  wool  mill  at  Newton.  North  of  the  river  | 
the  timber  is  oak,  hickory,  gum  and  poplar,  while  south  | 
yellow  pine  prevails.  There  are  many  turpentine  or-  | 
chards. 

The  climate  is  delightful,  due  to  the  Gulf  and  Atlantic  | 
breezes.  Schools  and  churches  are  sustained. 

Ozark  is  the  county  seat.  Clopton,  Newton,  Daleville,  | 
Echo  are  good  towns. 


“One  of  the  best  dairy  farms  I have  ever  seen  is  in  Lowndes  County,  Alabama.  I do  not  think  I have  ever  seen  g 
a better  peach  orchard  than  one  in  Bullock  County.  The  present  crop  is  estimated  at  fifty  car  loads.  The  same  | 
man  also  has  a large  pecan  orchard.” — Hon.  Leslie  M.  Shaw,  ex-Secretary  of  the  Lnited  States  Ireasury. 


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DALLAS  COUNTY 


By  JOHN  BLAKE,  County  Demonstration  Agent,  Selma,  Ala. 


ALLAS  County  lies  in  the  central  part  of  Ala- 
bama; Selma,  its  county  seat,  a city  of  20,000, 
is  known  as  the  central  city  of  the  State.  It  is 
purely  an  agricultural  county,  the  chief  prod- 
ucts being  cotton,  corn,  oats,  hay  and  cattle. 

Soils 

| The  county  has  two  rivers,  the  Alabama  and  the  Ca- 
| haba.  The  Alabama  is  navigable  the  year  round,  and 
| has  an  adequate  boat  service.  Both  rivers  have  rich 
I alluvial  valleys.  No  county  in  the  State  has  a greater 
| variety  of  soil.  The  rich  lime  soils,  known  as  prairies 
| are  very  fertile,  and  are  especially  adapted  to  the 
i growing  of  grain,  hay  and  pastures.  Alfalfa  does  well 
| on  these  soils  requiring  no  extra  liming  or  inoculation. 
| The  light  sandy  and  clay  soils  yield  well,  and  is  especial- 
| ly  adapted  to  the  growing  of  cotton,  grain,  peanuts,  vel- 
| vet  beans,  etc.  Dallas  has  always  been  the  banner 
| county  of  the  State  in  the  production  of  cotton.  The 
| area  embraces  614,270  acres. 

Climate 

| The  climate  is  mild  the  year  round.  The  average  rain- 
| fall  is  56  inches,  and  a crop  failure  is  almost  unknown. 
| It  is  possible  to  have  pasture  the  year  round,  and  cattle 
| do  not  require  expensive  shelter  as  the  winters  are  mild. 


IT  PAYS  TO  BREED  THIS  TYPE  OF  BULL  TO  NATIVE  COWS  S 
IN  DALLAS  COUNTY. 


Water 

Artesian  water  can  be  secured  in  almost  all  parts  of 
the  county,  many  of  the  wells  overflow  and  there  is  no 
purer  water  in  the  world. 

Live  Stock 

Dallas  County  was  one  of  the  first  counties  in  the 
South  to  take  up  the  work  of  tick  eradication.  We  are 
now  tick  free,  on  the  white  map,  and  can  ship  to  all 
points  without  being  discriminated  against.  We  have 
some  of  the  best  natural  pasture  soils  and  grasses  in  the 
South.  In  winter  cattle  do  not  suffer  from  cold  and  we 
can  and  do  have  green  pastures  the  twelve  months  in  the 
year.  Since  the  eradication  of  the  tick  Dallas  County 
has  built  52  silos,  and  has  brought  in  more  blooded  cat- 
tle than  any  county  in  the  State.  The  cattle  industry 
both  from  a standpoint  of  beef  and  dairy  breeding  has 
grown  in  leaps  and  bounds.  We  have  an  up-to-date 
creamery  at  Selma  which  pays  the  highest  market  price 
for  butter  fat  the  year  round.  The  growing  of  hogs  has 
increased  wonderfully  and  we  expect  to  have  an  up-to- 
date  packing  plant  in  Selma  within  the  next  year. 


J.  C.  RUSH,  OF  DALLAS  COUNTY,  WHO  MADE  1181/,  BUSH- 
ELS OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  LIGHT  SANDY  BOTTOM 
SOIL  ; MORGAN  RICHARDS,  SECRETARY  OF  THE 
SELMA  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE;  AND  JOHN 
BLAKE,  COUNTY  DEMONSTRATION  AGENT. 


Remember  if  you  are  thinking  of  going  into  the  cattle 
business  in  the  South,  that  Dallas  County,  Alabama,  is 
tick  free  and  that  you  can  bring  your  breeding  herd 
without  fear  of  loss. 

Population 

Dallas  County  has  a population  of  54,000,  and  first- 
class  farm  labor  can  be  had  for  $15.00  per  month  and 
rations. 

Schools  and  Churches 

No  county  has  a better  system  of  rural  and  city 
schools.  There  are  two  high  schools,  one  at  Selma  and 
one  at  Plantersville.  There  are  no  better  people  on  earth 
and  the  town  and  country  are  supplied  with  good 
churches  that  are  well  attended. 

Roads 

Dallas  County  is  subordinate  to  no  county  in  the  State, 
on  the  matter  of  good  roads,  and  its  steel  and  concrete 
bridges  are  the  best  in  the  South.  The  county  is  tra- 
versed in  every  direction  by  graded  and  gravelled  roads 
which  can  be  utilized  at  all  seasons  with  ease.  We  have 
three  railroads;  the  Western  of  Alabama,  the  Southern 
and  the  Louisville  & Nashville,  all  of  which  have  ade- 
quate passenger  and  freight  service. 

Selma  has  two  daily  papers,  the  best  rural  mail  serv- 
ice in  the  South,  and  practically  every  country  home  has 
a telephone.  With  its  good  roads,  mail  service,  the  tele- 
phone, artesian  water  supply,  wonderful  climate,  health- 
ful conditions,  fertile  soil,  and  good  people,  Dallas  coun- 
tv offers  the  greatest  opportunity  in  the  South  to  the 
home-seeker. 


MARION  JUNCTION 

By  E.  T.  GILMER,  Marion  Junction,  Alabama. 

Marion  Junction,  situated  in  the  best  part  of  the  finest 
county  of  Alabama,  is  entitled  to  the  distinction  of  being 
called  the  gem  of  the  Black  Belt. 

Marion  Junction  is  the  largest  hog  shipping  center  in 
Alabama,  our  shippers  exporting  annually  many  thou- 
sands of  tons.  Within  a radius  of  twenty  miles  from 
Marion  Junction  more  pure  bred  and  registered  cattle 
are  owned  than  in  any  other  like  sized  area  south  of  the 
Ohio  and  east  of  Texas.  The  community  is  built  up  by 
a sober,  conservative.  God-fearing,  debt-paying  class  of 
men  and  women.  Profane  language  and  smutty  stories 
are  at  a discount.  We  are  proud  of  our  children,  the 
future  citizenry,  who  are  now  being  prepared  to  take 


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up  the  burden  of  the  older  generation,  and  carry  the 
reputation  of  our  beautiful  village  to  an  even  higher 
and  nobler  standard. 

To  quote  the  language  of  a prominent  Virginian:  “That 
country  around  Marion  Junction  reminds  me  of  the  Val- 
ley of  Virginia,  and  this  is  a high  compliment  if  you 
happen  to  know  the  Valley  of  Virginia.  With  as  many 
solid  farmers  as  the  Valley  of  Virginia  has,  that  coun- 
try west  of  Selma  would  outstrip  the  famous  valley  in 
production.”  “One  of  these  happy  days  that  country  will 
have  many  such  farmers,  and  that  day  it  will  be  one  of 
the  most  beautiful,  one  of  the  most  fruitful  and  one  of 
the  most  desirable  sections  in  the  entire  South.” 

A fact  which  may  explain  the  exceptional  features  of 
this  neighborhood,  is  that  we  have  four  churches  with 
regular  service.  All  four  have  live  Sunday  schools  with 
a good  attendance. 

We  are  proud  that  our  present  Board  of  Revenue  is 
such  a progressive  body  that  we  have  made  tremendous 
strides  in  road  building.  Concrete  bridges  and  gravelled 
roads  place  us  in  close  communication  with  depot, 
schools,  neighbors  and  churches  and  this  eliminated 


much  of  the  loneliness  of  country  life.  It  is  bringing 
back  to  the  farm  many  capitalists  who  seek  to  regain 
the  health  sacrificed  in  the  pursuit  of  business.  They 
are  gaining  health  and  making  money,  too. 

For  detailed  information  concerning  Dallas  County 
write  to  the  following: 

The  Selma  National  Bank Selma,  Ala. 

The  Selma  Trust  & Savings  Bank Selma,  Ala. 

The  Peoples  Trust  & Savings  Bank Selma,  Ala. 

The  City  National  Bank Selma,  Ala. 

Pattillo  & Russell,  Merchants Selma,  Ala. 

P.  H.  Pitts,  Probate  Judge Selma,  Ala. 

Samuel  F.  Houston,  County  Commissioner Selma,  Ala. 

John  S.  Pohard,  Real  Estate' and  Insurance Selma,  Ala. 


A.  J.  Atkins Selma,  Ala. 

Otto  Erhart Selma,  Ala. 

Eugene  Gilmer Marion  Junction,  Ala. 

E.  B.  Martin .... Martin  Station,  Ala. 

J.  A.  Minter Tyler,  Ala. 

Chas.  E.  Shruptine Safford,  Ala. 


or,  The  Selma  Chamber  of  Commerce  Selma,  Ala. 


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REAL  ESTATE  AND  INSURANCE 

Alabama  Alfalfa  Lands 


CITY  REAL  ESTATE 

SELMA,  ALA. 

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Selma  Trust  & Savings  Bank 

SELMA,  ALA. 

Capital  $100,000.00 
Exclusively  a Savings  Bank 

Loans  Made  on  Real  Estate  and 
Approved  Collateral 

4C/0  Compound  Interest  Paid 
on  Deposits 


SECURITY 
COURTESY 
SERVICE  .... 

THESE  are  the  ESSENTIALS  for  you 
to  consider  in  selecting  your  bank.  All 
of  these  essentials  are  met  by 

THE  PEOPLES  BANK  & TRUST  CO. 

We  have  every  department  known  to 
banking  and  our  experience  and  equip- 
ment are  at  your  disposal. 

The 

Peoples  Bank  & Trust  Co 

SELMA,  ALABAMA 


I GROCERIES  OF  ALL  KINDS  AT  WHOLESALE  I 


Distributors  of  Azile  and  Swans  Down  Flour. 

Peeks  Teas  and  other  Specialties. 

Business  Given  Us  Has  Our  Close  Personal  Attention. 

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| WHOLESALE  GROCERS  SELMA,  ALA.  I 


Capital  $200,000.00 
Surplus  and  Profits,  $96,539.74 

The  Selma  National  Bank 

SELMA,  ALABAMA 

CORRESPONDENCE  INVITED 

E.  C.  MELVIN President 

R.  H.  MABRY Vice-President 

R.  P.  ANDERSON Cashier 

J.  W.  CRAIG Assistant  Cashier 

J.  G.  MELVIN Assistant  Cashier 


The  City  National  Bank 


of  Selma 


SELMA, 


ALABAMA. 


Capital  $400,000.00  Surplus  $350,000.00 

Deposits  $1,100,000.00 

Chartered  1870 

We  invite  correspondence 
with  any  one  interested  in 
this  section  of  Alabama. 

Accounts  of  Firms,  Corporations  and 
Individuals  Solicited. 


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DeKALB  COUNTY 


eKALB  is  another  county  740  square  miles  in 
area  formed  from  the  land  received  from  the 
Cherokee  Indians  in  1835  and  organized  into  a 
county  the  next  year.  It  touches  Georgia  on  the 
extreme  northeast  corner.  It  was  named  in 
| honor  of  Baron  DeKalb,  who  resigned  a brigadier  gen- 
! eral’s  commission  in  the  German  army  to  serve  with 
| LaFayette  in  the  army  under  General  Washington. 

| The  county  is  composed  largely  of  two  plateaus,  Sand 
| Mountain  and  Lookout  Mountain,  that  lie  parallel.  The 
| valley  between  the  two  is  Will’s  Valley,  a most  fertile 
| region. 

| It  is  a very  prosperous  section.  The  climate  is  per- 
il feet.  The  land  produces  cotton,  corn,  small  grains,  truck 
| crops,  orchard  fruits,  etc.  Special  attention  is  given  to 
| the  growth  of  fruits  upon  the  spacious  plateaus,  where 
| production  is  rarely  disturbed  by  frost. 

| The  water  supply  in  all  parts  of  the  county  is  of  the 
| purest  quality  and  in  ample  quantity.  It  is  sufficient  for 
i the  production  of  power  in  many  places. 

| The  beauties  of  nature  attract  the  eye  in  every  direc- 
y tion.  The  springs  are  cool,  clean  and  everlasting,  and 
| rapid  and  deep  streams  are  numerous.  Near  Will’s  Val- 
| ley  are  the  beautiful  falls  of  the  Little  River.  In  Will’s 
| Valley  there  is  found  fire  clay.  Kaolin  is  plentiful. 

| Fort  Payne  is  the  county  seat.  Collinsville,  Leban- 
| non,  P’ortersville  are  places  of  trade.  Schools  and 
| churches  are  well  maintained. 


| “Why  go  to  Winnipeg?” — when  Alabama  stands  ready 
| to  sub-divide  and  sell  her  over-grown  and  half-tilled 
| plantations  to  experienced  American  farmers. 


APPLE  BLOSSOM  TIME  IN  DeKALB  COUNTY. 


ELMORE  COUNTY 


THIS  county  named  in  honor  of  General  John  A. 
Elmore,  an  early  settler  of  distinction.  It  con- 
tains 652  square  miles. 

It  has  an  agricultural  population  of  good 
character.  The  soil  is  generally  productive  of 
staple  crops,  capable  of  improvement  to  great  results. 
Cotton  has  been  the  money  crop,  corn,  the  small  grains, 
sugar  cane,  sweet  potatoes,  all  kinds  of  truck  crops,  or- 
chard fruits,  etc.,  do  well.  The  excellence  of  wild  fruits 


and  wild  legumes  indicate  the  readiness  with  which  the  | 
domestic  varieties  may  be  cultivated. 

Pine  timber  is  found  in  great  quantity.  The  timber  | 
business  in  this  line  is  an  important  industry.  Other  | 
timbers  such  as  oak,  hickory,  beech,  walnut,  dogwood,  j 
and  gum  are  also  plentiful. 

The  surface  of  the  land  is  rolling  and  generally  of  the  | 
same  quality.  Yellow  ochre  is  the  only  mineral  now  in  | 
sight.  | 


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YELLOW  DENT  CORN  ON  ITS  GRAVELLY  LOAM  SOIL. 


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The  principal  industrial  features  of  the  county  are  the 
cotton  mills  at  Tallassee  Falls  on  the  Tallapoosa,  and 
the  manufacture  of  electricity,  for  the  city  of  Montgom- 
ery and  the  penitentiary  at  Wetumpka,  on  the  Coosa 
River. 

The  cotton  mill  was  the  first  great  industry  of  the 
kind  in  the  cotton  states.  It  was  built  mainly  by  the 
energy  and  capital  of  T.  M.  Barnett,  a cotton  planter  of 
Mongomery  County. 

Fine  streams  ramify  the  county.  The  Coosa  bisects  it. 
The  Tallapoosa  forms  one  boundary,  and  there  are 
creeks  of  more  or  less  importance  such  as  Shoal,  Safku- 
hatchee,  Harchee,  Hubbee,  etc. 

The  penitentiary  at  Wetumpka  has  a spacious  farm. 
The  commerce  maintained  by  this  institution  is  of  con- 
siderable profit  to  the  town. 

Robinson  Springs  is  a resort  for  the  people  of  wealth 
and  leisure  in  Montgomery.  The  climate  is  admirable, 
and  the  purity  of  the  water  is  notable. 


“Why  go  to  Saskatchewan?” — while  the  broad  rich 
fields  ©f  Alabama  lie  dormant,  ready  to  produce  two 
crops  a year  under  the  skilled  direction  of  American 
farmers. 


OLD  TIME  FERRY  ACROSS  THE  PICTURESQUE  TALLAPOOSA 
RIVER,  MONTGOMERY-WETUMPKA  ROAD. 


ESCAMBIA  COUNTY 


N ALL  the  world  there  is  no  richer  land  than 
this.  The  long  leaf  yellow  pine  is  abundant 
and  many  mills  prepare  it  for  the  commerce  of 
the  two  hemispheres.  Many  thousands  of 
laborers  are  employed  at  good  wages.  From 
the  initial  stages  of  this  commerce  many  great  enter- 
prises are  developed.  The  Southern  saw  mill  in  the  for- 
est is  seen  at  its  perfection  here,  and  turpentine  dis- 
tilling is  a large  and  prosperous  business. 

Surface 

The  land  is  gently  rolling,  with  sandy  loam,  red  clay 
subsoil.  Cane,  corn,  millet,  rice,  sweet  potatoes,  peas  and 
Irish  potatoes  are  the  leading  crops.  Syrup  from  cane 
is  a heavy  yield.  It  is  notable  that  the  sweet  potatoes 
not  only  yield  heavily,  but  the  quality  is  extraordinarily 
good.  Peaches,  pears,  grapes,  figs,  apples,  quinces, 
pomegranates  grow  abundantly.  The  climate  is  most 


PURE  BRED  HEREFORDS  ON  THE  R.  C.  GORDON  FARM  AT 
CANOE  STATION. 

attractive.  Large  flocks  of  sheep  are  kept  in  the  open 
woods  upon  the  native  grasses  and  legumes  without  cost 
of  feeding. 


Climate 

Climate  here  in  Escambia  County  is  the  unchangeable 
factor  in  production,  also  a great  factor  in  making 
health,  comfort,  happiness  and  land  values.  Climate  in 
the  northern  states  limits  production  to  about  six  months 
in  the  year.  Climate  that  goes  with  the  land  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  Gulf  Coast  country,  makes  production  possi- 
ble every  month  in  the  year.  The  physical  strains  and 
discomforts  incident  to  climate  are  here  far  less  than 
they  are  in  the  northern  or  other  colder  section. 


The  Soil 

The  soils  of  the  land  in  this  section  are  uniformly  of  a 
gray  to  dark  loam,  with  red  clay  sub-soil.  They  retain 
both  fertilization  and  moisture;  irrigation  is  entirely 
unnecessary.  The  soil  responds  to  special  cultivation  of 
different  crops  and  in  the  same  manner  it  is  splendidly 
adapted  for  fruit  growing  and  especially  so  for  the 
growing  to  perfection  of  peaches  and  strawberries  as 
has  been  thoroughly  demonstrated  within  the  past  five 
or  six  years.  Droughts  and  crop  failures  are  unknown 
in  this  particular  section  of  South  Alabama. 

Stock  Raising 

Stock  raising  is  an  important  feature  of  farming  in 
this  county.  The  green  feeding  season  is  perpetual  with 
trifling  expense  of  sowing  the  winter  grazing,  such  as 
bur  clover,  rye,  vetch  and  other  hardy  legumes,  that 
thrive  in  this  locality.  Stock  can  be  raised  here  at  one- 
third  less  the  expense  necessary  in  colder  climates.  The 
following  native  legumes  are  valuable  feeding  for  beef, 
hogs  and  dairy  cattle:  Velvet  beans,  native  clover,  cow 
peas,  peanuts,  Bermuda  grass  and  other  native  grasses 
that  grow  luxuriously  throughout  the  warm  season.  The 
bountiful  supply  of  pure,  healthful  water,  is  another  un- 
excelled feature.  Hogs  are  money  at  any  season,  and 
the  porkers  are  not  raised  anywhere  at  less  expense 
than  in  Escambia  County,  Alabama. 

Dairying,  an  Opportunity 

Dairying  is  among  the  most  favorable  of  the  many 
opportunities,  located  as  this  section  is,  virtually  at  the 
door  of  three  large  consuming  markets  for  dairy  prod- 
ucts. Millions  of  dollars  are  paid  to  Northern  dairymen 
every  year  for  butter  alone.  The  markets  of  this  section 
pay  more  for  butter  and  other  dairy  products  than  the 
consumers  in  districts  where  the  dairy  business  is  more 
highly  developed. 

Farmers  Who  Are  Raising  Cattle 

J.  M.  Padgett,  of  the  Elwy  Live  Stock  Company,  owns 
1,200  acres  at  Elwy,  Alabama,  six  miles  from  Brewton. 
Three  hundred  acres  of  this  land  is  operated  in  a farm, 
and  the  balance  is  pasture  for  cattle. 

E.  J.  Blow,  Jr.,  of  Teddy,  Alabama,  in  the  eastern  part 
of  the  county,  20  miles  from  Brewton,  is  interested  ex- 
tensively in  breeding  thoroughbred  short  horn  cattle  for 
beef  stock,  and  thoroughbred  hogs.  Mr.  Blow  has  won 
a number  of  premiums  at  different  fairs  on  his  stock. 

R.  C.  Gordon,  of  Canoe,  Alabama,  owns  1,000  acres; 
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grove.  He  cultivates  400  acres,  and  several  hundred 
acres  fenced  for  pasture.  His  herd  of  Hereford  cattle 
and  Duroe  Jersey  hogs  are  a paying  feature  with  him. 

O.  M.  Gordon  has  a splendid  farm  near  Brewton.  In 
connection  with  his  general  farming  interests,  he  is  rais- 
ing cattle. 

L.  B.  McConnell  has  a home  and  business  at  Brewton, 
and  a splendid  40-acre  truck  farm,  and  larger  acreage  in 
general  farming,  one  and  one-half  miles  from  Brewton. 
Mr.  McConnell  makes  truck  growing  and  poultry  prof- 
itable. He  raises  tomatoes  and  Bermuda  onions  princi- 
pally. He  raises  some  beef  cattle. 

The  T.  R.  Miller  Mill  Company,  of  Brewton.  has  smart- 
ed into  the  raising  of  beef  cattle.  They  have  a ranch  of 


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it  over.  You  will  find  a number  of  propositions  that  will  1 
attract  your  attention  for  either  investments  or  manu-  g 
facturing  opportunities.  It  will  not  cost  you  a great  § 
deal  to  come  and  investigate.  | 

Every  important  industry  to  which  attention  has  been  I 
turned  in  the  county  has  attained  success,  and  in  the  | 
development  of  industries  and  farming  alike,  there  are  | 
chances  of  much  greater  success  than  has  been  attained.  1 

ATMORE 

Atmore  is  fast  becoming  a cenfcr  of  the  fruit  bus- 
iness. The  Atmore  Fruit  Farms  Corporation  began 
operation  in  January.  1915.  In  a vear  50.000  trees — 
peach  and  Satsuma  oranges — were  planted.  Besides  the 


CUTTING  OATS  NEAR  BREWTON. 


about  25,000  acres,  enclosed  with  good  wire  fence.  Their 
herd  consists  of  over  1,000  head  of  cattle. 

The  foregoing  are  only  a few  of  the  many  farmers 
who  are  making  profit  from  cattle  raising,  in  connec- 
tion with  their  farming  interests  in  this  county. 

Transportation  and  Markets 

In  selecting  a location,  the  farmer,  manufacturer  and 
all  industrial  interests,  consider  the  accessibility  to 
markets  as  the  prime  feature  in  selecting  a location. 
Here  in  the  South  the  farmer’s  best  market  is  his  home 
market.  The  local  demand  for,  especially,  stock  feed, 
dairy  products,  cattle  and  hogs,  right  here  in  this  county 
is  an  especially  inducive  market  for  these  farm  products. 
Mobile,  Alabama,  only  73  miles  away  with  a population 
of  about  60,000;  Pensacola,  Florida,  a little  nearer,  with 
35,000  population;  and  Montgomery  and  Birmingham, 
Alabama,  together  have  a population  of  nearly  200,000. 
All  of  these  and  others  are  in  reality,  home  markets  for 
all  kinds  of  farm  products.  The  transportation  facili- 
ties for  reaching  these  places  is  unexcelled. 

Some  Yields 

When  the  writer  asked  Mr.  E.  M.  Lovelace,  of  the 
Lovelace  Lumber  Company,  how  he  had  come  out  with 
his  peach  and  berry  crop,  he  said  he  had  been  obliged  to 
let  his  saw  mill  interfere  with  his  farming  somewhat  and 
that  on  200  acres  of  peaches  he  only  shipped  28  car- 
loads North  and  sold  two  carloads  locally.  They  ran 
about  400  or  500  crates  to  the  car  and  averaged  $1.50  a 
crate.  He  said  it  was  only  a two-third  crop. 

“We  had  about  160  acres  of  strawberries  planted  in 
between  the  peach  trees,”  continued  Mr.  Lovelace,  “and 
we  shipped  20  carloads  of  berries.  Some  of  the  cars 
netted  us  $1,000;  on  others  we  only  realized  $700  to  the 
car.” 

We  wondered  what  the  yields  would  have  been  if  Mr. 
Lovelace  had  been  able  to  devote  more  time  to  them. 
We  should  have  been  elated  at  any  such  showing,  but 
he  knew  that  it  was  possible  to  get  more. 

To  the  Investor  and  Manufacturer 

Have  you  idle  money  on  hand,  which  you  wish  to  in- 
vest where  it  will  not  only  be  safe,  but  as  well  bringing 
you  large  profits?  Come  to  Escambia  County  and  look 


fruit  trees  a considerable  start  has  been  made  towards  i 
the  pecan  growing  industry. 

BREWTON 

The  Second  Richest  City  in  the  United  States 
According  to  Population 

Brewton  is  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  progress,  and  the  | 
citizenship  realizes  that  a change  is  necessary  in  the  1 
civic  life  of  all  communities  which  desire  to  go  forward  1 
in  the  march  of  development  and  the  upbuilding  of  con-  § 
ditions  of  civilization.  With  new  ambitions  and  aspira-  | 
tions  for  the  future  development  of  better  things,  | 
broader  principles  and  greater  improvements  of  agricul-  E 
tural  interests  that  surround  Brewton,  will  take  place  in  | 
the  next  few  years,  than  the  community  has  seen  in  the  | 
ble  soil,  and  very  productive. 

The  location  of  Brewton  is  most  admirable  for  the  § 
making  of  a very  extensive  commercial  and  agricultural  | 
center,  being  on  the  main  line  of  the  Louisville  & Nash-  i 
ville  Railroad,  73  miles  from  Mobile  and  a less  distance  I 
from  Pensacola,  Fla.,  two  large  and  rapidly  growing  | 
Gulf  port  cities. 

Three  banks  with  large  financial  resources  are  models  | 
of  excellence  in  their  prudent  and  safe  methods  of  trans-  I 
acting  their  affairs.  No  investor,  manufacturer  or  I 
farmer  need  hesitate  about  locating  at  Brewton  or  in  its  | 
vicinity,  for  the  lack  of  commercial  banking  facilities.  g 

Educational 

The  educational  advantages  are  a feature  of  the  city’s  | 
public  affairs,  excelling  school  systems  found  in  many  § 
much  larger  cities.  In  addition  to  a splendid  primary  | 
school  and  a Collegiate  Institute,  the  Downing  Industrial  | 
School  for  Girls  is  a most  praiseworthy  educational  in-  I 
stitution.  This  school  was  started  during  September,  | 
1906.  The  school  buildings  proper  cost  $70,000,  and  are  | 
located  on  a beautiful  elevation  about  one  mile  and  a | 
half  from  Brewton.  The  prime  object  of  this  institution  j 
is  to  put  a thoroughly  practical  education  in  reach  of  | 
those  of  limited  means,  and  is  exclusively  for  girls. 

The  students  are  taught  industrial  economy,  such  as  g 
laundrying,  cooking,  sewing  and  some  gardening,  in  ad-  | 
dition  to  the  regular  school  system.  Prof.  J.  M.  Shofner  | 
is  president  of  this  school,  and  operates  a large  truck  | 
growing  farm  on  a portion  of  the  120  acres  which  is  a | 
part  of  the  Industrial  School  property. 


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Health 

I As  regards  health,  Brewton  is  as  healthy  a community 
1 as  is  to  be  found  anywhere;  this  claim  is,  at  least  par- 
| tially  substantiated  by  the  remarkably  few  physicians 
| located  here  who  furnish  professional  services  for  the 
| city  and  surrounding  country. 

| Brewton  has  a plentiful  supply  of  the  best  and  purest 
| water  obtainable;  and  it  is  used  for  all  purposes;  fur- 
! nished  from  ever  flowing  artesian  wells.  Many  of  the 
1 homes  in  Brewton  have  their  own  artesian  wells. 

| Brewton  is  the  county  seat  of  Escambia  County,  and 
| located  a little  northeast  of  the  center  of  the  county. 
| Brewton  owns  its  electric  light  plant  and  water  works 
| system. 

Industrial  and  Commercial 

1 A wholesale  hardware  house,  a wholesale  drug  com- 
1 pany,  two  large  lumber  manufacturing  plants,  a sash 
I and  door  manufacturing  plant,  veneer  plants,  a crate 
1 factory,  ice  manufacturing  plant,  cotton  ginnery,  whole- 
| sale  candy  and  grocery  company,  a cigar  factory,  a foun- 
| dry  and  machine  works,  a fertilizer  plant  and  with 
| numerous  other  business  interests,  covering  practically 
1 every  line  of  trade;  with  miles  of  splendid  pavings,  and 
| a number  of  handsome  residences,  Brewton  presents  a 
| true  picture  of  a prosperous  and  progressive  young  city 
| of  opportunities. 

| Land 

| The  price  of  land  in  this  section,  as  everywhere  else,  is 
I governed  by  location,  improvements,  and  surroundings. 
| It  is  impossible,  therefore,  to  give  figures,  except  in  a 
| most  general  way,  but  the  range  of  price  is  low.  What 
| is  known  as  “cut-over  lands”  can  be  bought  at  $10.00  to 
| $30.00  and  on  easy  terms.  These  lands  are  of  good,  dura- 
! ble  soil,  and  very  productive. 


for  all  farm  purposes.  It  is  better  to  remove  the  pine  | 
stumps  from  the  cut-over  lands,  in  order  to  make  the  1 
cultivation  of  the  ground  easier,  and  more  thorough,  g 
however,  the  stumps  can  remain  for  a years  cropping  | 
or  longer,  and  their  removal  done  at  convenient  times.  g 
There  are  a number  of  farms  in  the  district,  also  pecan  | 
groves,  peach  orchards,  and  strawberry  fields  with  the  | 
pine  stumps  yet  in  these  fields. 

The  New  Era 

The  manner  in  which  these  lands  are  transformed  into  1 
a state  of  exceeding  productiveness,  is  not  so  expensive,  § 
or  the  hindrance  to  cultivation,  as  many  who  are  not  1 
acquainted  with  actual  conditions  may  suppose. 

The  new  era  of  farming,  fruit  growing  and  truck  rais-  | 
ing  in  Escambia  County  has  started  with  stock  raising,  | 
a foreground  feature.  These  statements,  however,  g 
should  not  impress  the  stranger  that  the  county  was  a | 
wild  wilderness  country  until  a few  years  back,  for  | 
Escambia  County,  Alabama,  has  been  regarded  for  a i 
generation  as  one  of  the  best  agricultural  sections  of  the  | 
State,  wherever  cultivation  of  the  soil  was  in  effect,  and  | 
there  is  as  fine  farms  here,  as  are  to  be  found  anywhere  | 
in  the  country  that  have  been  in  cultivation  for  more  | 
than  a half  century,  and  today  they  are  gems  of  agri-  | 
cultural  development;  but  there  is  room  and  plenty  of  | 
fertile  lands  for  thousands  of  industrious  farmers;  we  | 
want  them — our  soil  and  climate,  and  other  most  favor-  | 
able  opportunities  yearn  for  the  touch  of  more  develop-  §. 
ment.  The  settler  who  comes  here,  comes  into  a pros-  | 
perous  and  progressive  section,  and  the  new  comer  with  I 
some  funds  to  help  himself  make  a start,  will  be  able  to  | 
do  well,  if  he  is  possessed  with  any  energy  and  determi-  | 
nation  to  succeed.  The  people  here  are  hospitable,  im-  | 
bued  with  Christian  faith,  law  abiding  and  ever  ready  to  | 
assist  in  the  upholding  and  upbuilding  of  all  that  is  good  § 
for  the  human  race. 


BOUNTIFUL  HARVEST  OF  OATS  AND  HAY  NEAR  ATMORE. 


What  “Cut-Over  Land”  Means 


Farming  with  a Home  in  the  City 


Don’t  stumble  over  the  term  “cut-over  land.”  It 
doesn’t  mean  poor  land,  as  many  suppose.  It  is  often 
soil  of  the  very  finest  quality.  Nor  is  the  price  any  in- 
dex to  its  fertility  or  general  desirability.  Back  of  it  is 
the  story  of  large  holdings  by  great  saw  mill  syndi- 
cates. This  means,  too,  that  they  are  favorably  located 
as  respects  transportation.  The  land  was  bought  solely 
for  the  timber  on  it.  This  has  been  cut  off,  and  as  the 
owners  are  mill  men,  and  as  a rule  not  farmers,  the  de- 
nuded land  is  put  on  the  market.  The  fact  that  the  tim- 
ber is  removed  and  the  land  practically  cleared  is  an 
advantage  to  the  farmer  rather  than  a drawback,  as  it 
makes  clearing  for  cultivation  comparatively  easy,  and 
there  is  left  on  the  land,  usually  wood  and  timber  enough 


L.  G.  Mayo,  president  of  the  Escambia  Coca-Cola  Bot- 
tling Works,  has  a fine  20-acre  farm  about  one  mile 
from  town.  He  is  making  it  profitable  raising  corn, 
potatoes,  cane  and  fruit.  He  is  planting  a Satsuma 
orange  grove,  and  two  acres  in  pecans. 

A.  C.  Smith,  president  of  the  Brewton  Bargain  House, 
has  a 100-acre  farm  near  Brewton.  He  is  farming  in  a 
general  way,  raising  some  cattle  and  planting  a Satsuma 
orange  and  grape  fruit  grove. 

J.  W.  Raley,  sheriff  of  Escambia  County,  has  a splen- 
did farm  two  miles  from  Brewton.  He  raises  corn, 
potatoes,  cane,  velvet  beans,  hogs  and  cattle. 

These  are  only  a few  of  Brewton’s  citizens  who  enjoy 
having  a farm,  with  a home  in  the  city. 


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Greater  Brewton 

| Brewton  has  a population  of  5,000.  We  are  50  miles 
| from  the  coast,  just  far  enough  to  be  safe  from  gulf 
| storms,  yet  near  enough  to  get  the  benefit  of  the  gulf 
| breezes.  Brewton  is  famous  for  her  many  flowing  wells 
I that  can  be  had  in  any  part  of  this  country  at  depths  of 
| from  70  to  300  feet.  This  water  is  pure,  cold  and  spark- 
§ ling  and  free  from  unpleasant  minerals,  as  are  found  in 
| many  localities.  Brewton  is  a modern  little  city,  but  our 
§ present  aim  is  to  double  our  population  within  the  next 
| five  years.  In  order  to  do  this  we  must  get  factories 
| and  various  enterprises  to  locate  here. 

What  Brewton  Wants 

1 Brewton  wants  a drain  tile  and  sewer  pipe  factory, 
1 splendid  clay  and  sand;  wants  a furniture  factory;  wants 
| cold  storage  and  packing  house  to  handle  poultry,  eggs, 
| butter,  fruits,  etc.;  wants  another  cigar  factory,  we  grow 
| the  finest  tobacco,  both  filler  and  wrapper,  and  our  one 
| factory,  even  since  enlarging  it,  cannot  supply  the  local 
| demands;  wants  a nursery,  no  better  field;  wants  any 
| kind  of  factory  that  can  use  hard  wood;  wants  hotel  and 
| sanitarium  at  the  famous  and  world  renowned  Herring- 
! ton  celebrated  Springs — a fortune  in  it. 

1 Local  capital  can  be  interested  in  enterprises  that  will 
1 make  good.  We  have  the  wealth,  but  lack  experience. 
| We  have  nothing  to  sell  but  if  you  are  looking  for  a 
1 home,  a farm  improved,  or  for  a business  of  any  kind, 
1 we  will  help  you  to  locate.  We  have  some  large  tracts 
| of  land,  that  have  just  been  cleared  and  offered  for  sale 
| in  tracts  of  from  500  to  20,000  acres.  This  is  choice 
| land  and  is  suitable  for  cutting  up  into  farms. 


PEANUTS  EITHER  FOR  FEEDING  HOGS  OR  THE  MARKET.  I 
ARE  PROFITABLE  IN  ESCAMBIA  COUNTY. 


INVITATION  FROM  BREWTON,  ESCAMBIA 
COUNTY,  ALABAMA 

With  delightful  climate,  fertile  soils,  unexcelled  trans-  g 
portation  and  market  advantages  for  Farming,  Dairy-  | 
ing,  Stock  and  Poultry  Raising,  and  for  the  growing  of  | 
Vegetables  and  Fruits,  we  are  confident  there  is  not  a | 
section  of  the  United  States  that  excels  the  opportunities  | 
in  Escambia  County.  We,  the  following  business  men  | 
of  Brewton,  Escambia  County,  hereby  extend  a sincere  | 
greeting  to  the  homeseeker  and  investor.  We  invite  1 
investigation  of  our  claims.  Come  to  see  us: 


| THE  BREWTON  BUSINESS  LEAGUE. 

| LEON  G.  BROOKS, 

Mayor  of  Brewton. 

I LUTTRELL  HARDWARE  COMPANY, 

J.  W.  Adkisson,  President. 

1 T.  R.  MILLER  MILL  COMPANY, 

W.  T.  Neal,  Sec.  and  Treas. 

I PEOPLES  DRUG  STORE, 

H.  F.  Shackelford. 

| McConnell  advertising  service, 

L.  B.  McConnell,  Manager. 

| E.  M.  NEAL, 

The  Seedman. 

| J.  E.  McGOWIN, 

Livery  and  Sales  Stable. 

| THE  BREWTON  STANDARD, 

H.  A.  Neel,  Editor  and  Prop. 

| C.  C.  KING, 

House  Furnishings. 

| O.  M.  GORDON, 

Turpentine  Operator  and  Farmer. 

| ROBBINS  & McGOWIN  COMPANY, 

General  Merchants. 

| CITIZENS  BANK, 

D.  Gillis,  Cashier. 

| DOWNING  INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL  FOR  GIRLS, 
J.  M.  Shofner,  President. 

1 MAY  CANDY  AND  GROCERY  CO., 

Theo.  F.  May. 

| SAWYER-BROOKS  GROCERY  CO., 

S.  D.  Sawyer. 

1 BRANNON  PHARMACY, 

C.  P.  Holman,  Prop. 

| E.  C.  BOYKIN, 

Wholesale  Drugs. 

1 S.  W.  MARTIN, 

Jeweler  and  Optometrist. 

| WATSON  & JERNEGAN, 

Groceries. 

| B & H MEDICINE  CO., 

H.  L.  Brannon,  Pres. 

1 THE  PARAGON  GROCERY, 

S.  S.  Foshee. 

1 D.  C.  BURSON, 

| SOUTH  ALABAMA  LAND  CO. 


BANK  OF  BREWTON, 

O.  F.  Luttrell,  Vice-President. 

ROGERS  MERCANTILE  COMPANY, 

W.  C.  Rogers,  Pres. 

LOVELACE  LUMBER  COMPANY, 

E.  M.  Lovelace,  President. 

BREWTON  BARGAIN  HOUSE, 

A.  C.  Smith,  President. 

R.  E.  PARK, 

Furniture. 

SOUTH  ALABAMA  IMMIGRATION  CORPORATION,  1 
R.  C.  Smith,  President. 

HOTEL  LOVELACE. 

REED  & HARVEY  BARBER  SHOP, 

A.  E.  Harvey,  Prop. 

J.  T.  BOYD. 

J.  W.  RALEY, 

Sheriff,  Escambia  County,  Alabama. 

THE  TERRY  TOBACCO  COMPANY, 

Cigar  Manufacturers. 

E.  M.  BLACKSHER, 

Farmer. 

FARMERS  & MERCHANTS  BANK, 

C.  O.  Harold,  Cashier. 

D.  B.  HAYES, 

Citv  Clerk. 

J.  W.  FLOWER, 

Merchant. 

C.  C.  BROOKS, 

Clerk  Probate  Court, 

ELWY  LIVE  STOCK  COMPANY, 

J.  M.  Padgett. 

ESCAMBIA  COCA-COLA  BOTTLING  WORKS, 

L.  G.  Mayo,  Prop. 

PINE  BELT  NEWS, 

W.  D.  Sowell.  Editor  and  Prop. 

page  & McMillan, 

Attorneys-at-Law. 

H.  C.  RANKIN, 

Attorney-at-Law. 

CLIFFORD  L.  RABB, 

Attorney-at-Law. 

JAMES  M.  DAVISON. 

Attorney-at-Law. 

LEIGH  & LEIGH, 

Attorneys-at-Law. 


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ALABAMA 


ETOWAH  COUNTY 


THIS  was  a county  made  up  by  the  Patton  Legis- 
lature of  1855.  The  area  of  Etowah  is  542 
square  miles.  It  is  a body  of  alternating  moun- 
tainous plateau  and  moderated  valleys. 

The  Lookout  Mountain  plateau  runs  from  the 
northeast  county  line  to  the  city  of  Gadsden.  It  is  prac- 
tically parallel  to  Sand  Mountain  plateau.  Between  these 
two  lies  Mills  Valley.  Beyond  Mills  Valley  is  Murphee’s 
Valley.  The  surface  of  these  valleys  are  pleasing  to  the 


Etowah  is  a very  healthy  county.  Drainage  is  good.  | 
Besides  the  Coosa  river  the  creeks  are  Big  Mills,  Little  1 
Mills,  and  Big  Black  Creeks.  On  the  Big  Black  are  the  § 
celebrated  Falls,  and  many  springs  are  found  in  all  | 
parts  of  the  county.  | 

There  is  a well  known  belt  of  country  running  south-  | 
west  of  Gadsden,  called  “The  Flatwoods.”  Timber  | 
abounds  there — oak  of  several  kinds,  short  leaf  pine  and  1 
sweet  gum.  In  other  parts  of  the  county  are  found  | 


| eye,  exposing  a soil  of  mahogany  or  chocolate  color. 
| They  yield  generously  to  the  skilled  farmer.  Deep  plow- 
| ing  and  judicious  fertilization  make  safe  crops  of  cot- 
| ton,  corn,  small  grains,  sorghum,  sweet  potatoes,  Irish 
| potatoes  and  a long  list  of  truck  crops. 

| All  crops  mature  rapidly.  The  plateaus  generally  are 
I excellent  in  the  production  of  the  fruits — peaches,  ap- 
| pies,  pears,  etc.  All  varieties  of  clovers  grow  to  per- 
| fection. 


FAYETTE  COUNTY 


hickory,  walnut  and  chestnut  timber  in  great  abundance.  1 
Several  trunk  lines  of  railroads  open  Etowah  County  I 
to  the  markets  of  the  world.  Gadsden  is  the  county  seat.  I 
It  is  one  of  the  chief  iron  manufacturing  centers  of  the  g 
South.  The  coal  market  there  is  very  important. 

The  citizens  of  Gadsden  are  enterprising,  and  in  g 
schools  and  churches  no  other  community  excels.  At-  | 
talla,  a neighboring  city,  is  also  progressive. 


HIS  county  was  made  while  the  State  capitol  was 
at  Cahaba  in  1824.  It  was  the  year  the  Marquis 
De  La  Fayette  visited  Alabama  on  his  Amer- 
| ican  tour,  after  his  services  in  the  American 
--  army  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  in  his 
honor  the  county  was  named.  It  contains  700  square 
miles  in  the  heart  of  the  heavy  deposits  of  coal  and  iron. 
The  timber  resources  are  also  valuable.  The  soil  for 
agricultural  purposes,  truck  crops  and  vineyards  is 
above  the  average  of  the  State. 

The  grasses  flourish  so  well  that  there  has  been  a dis- 
position for  many  years  to  follow  the  livestock  industry. 
The  Confederate  army  obtained  beef  cattle  in  large 
quantities  from  Fayette.  Cattle  are  annually  shipped  to 
remote  markets. 

The  water  power  is  so  abundant  that  many  saw  mills 
are  found  in  constant  use. 

The  United  States  government  geological  survey  made 
for  oil  and  gas  in  Fayette  County  excited  considerable 
attention.  The  published  bulletin  may  be  obtained  and 
will  prove  of  interest. 

At  Fayette,  the  county  seat,  railroad  transportation 
is  good  and  excellent  schools  and  churches  are  main- 
tained. 


BILL  ARP  THOMPSON.  OF  FAYETTE  COUNTY,  WHO  RAISED  I 
123  9/14  BUSHELS  OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF 
BLACK  LOAMY  SOIL. 

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FRANKLIN 


FRANKLIN  COUNTY  is  the  northern  limit  of  the 
Alabama  coal  field,  and  comprises  620  square 
miles.  It  was  formed  by  the  territorial  Legis- 
lature in  1818.  It  is  one  of  the  western  coun- 
ties that  border  on  the  State  of  Mississippi. 
The  name  is  in  honor  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin. 

Universal  good  health;  good  water  in  full  supply;  pro- 
ductive land  and  a pleasant  climate  the  year  round,  will 
commend  this  county  to  the  homeseeker.  It  also  pos- 
sesses great  wealth  in  iron  ore  and  coal.  The  first  fur- 
nace for  the  production  of  pig  iron  in  Alabama  was  built 
here,  the  charcoal  process  being  used  on  a modest  scale. 

The  Illinois  Central  and  the  Birmingham  & Sheffield 
railroads  penetrate  the  county. 


There  is  no  navigable  stream,  but  several  creeks  flow 
into  the  Tennessee  River.  The  lands  that  border  on 
creeks  in  the  northern  precincts  are  very  fertile  and  in- 
vite the  farmer.  Corn,  the  small  grains  and  clover  make 
the  livestock  industry  profitable.  Tobacco  and  sorghum 
are  profitable.  Cotton  grows  well. 


In  cei'tain  precincts  also  the  timber  crop  is  valuable. 
Red  oak  and  white  oak,  black  jack,  a fine  growth  of  ce- 
dar, chestnut,  walnut,  and  hickory  are  found  in  good 
quantities. 


Russellville  is  the  county  seat.  Franklin,  Center-Line 
are  towns  and  villages. 


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HARDWOOD  TIMBER  IS  PLENTIFUL  IN  FRANKLIN  COUNTY. 

There  are  many  postoffices  and  rural  routes.  The 
State  system  of  public  education  is  in  full  force.  A 
strong  religious  sentiment  prevails  among  the  people. 


GENEVA  COUNTY 


By  LOIS  BRACKIN,  Geneva.  Ala. 


ENEVA  COUNTY  was  organized  in  1868,  and 
named  in  honor  of  Geneva,  Switzerland.  It  is 
situated  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Alabama 
and  contains  376,320  acres,  of  which  135,410 
are  improved  and  240,910  unimproved. 

Its  topography  is  uniformly  level,  the  land  gently  1 
sloping  towards  the  Gulf.  Two  navigable  rivers  run  1 
through  the  county  from  north  to  south,  forming  a junc-  1 
tion  near  Geneva,  the  county  seat. 

The  average  temperature  for  January  is  49  degrees,  j 
while  for  July  it  is  81  degrees.  The  average  rainfall  for 
January  is  4 inches  and  for  July  12V2  pinches.  The  soil  | 
in  the  river  valleys  is  silt  loam,  and  some  of  that  of  the  1 
uplands  is  a clay  loam,  while  a good  deal  is  a sandy  loam.  1 

Long  leaf  pine,  oak,  hickory,  cypress,  poplar,  and  | 
cedar  are  the  principal  timbers  used  for  lumber,  and  | 
these  are  found  scattered  all  over  the  county,  while  elm,  | 
walnut,  cherry,  beech,  black  gum,  sweet  gum,  mulberry,  1 
sycamore,  persimmon,  holly,  chestnut,  maple,  magnolia  | 
and  ash  also  grow  in  abundance. 

Fish  are  abundant  in  the  streams,  and  there  are  many  § 
varieties  of  birds  and  numerous  species  of  forest  ani-  | 
mals. 

Geneva  has  a cotton  seed  oil  mill,  a saw  mill  and  a | 
number  of  feed  and  grist  mills. 

Besides  two  navigable  rivers,  Geneva  County  has  97  | 
miles  of  railroad,  80  miles  of  graded  road  and  several 
hundred  miles  of  public  roads.  The  principal  exports  | 
are  lumber,  cross  ties,  cotton,  corn,  and  live  stock.  Over  | 
400  carloads  of  cross  ties  have  been  shipped  by  one  firm 
in  a single  week. 

The  principal  crops  are  corn,  cotton,  Irish  and  sweet  j 
potatoes,  peanuts,  oats,  pecans,  peaches,  pears,  plums,  | 
cherries,  strawberries,  blackberries,  grapes,  melons  to-  | 
matoes  beans  and  peas.  Several  kinds  of  hay  and  pasture  | 
grasses  are  being  grown  with  large  profits. 

The  county  employs  a farm  demonstrator,  whose  bus-  | 
iness  it  is  to  show  the  farmers  how  to  earn  the  largest  : 
profit.  From  October,  1915,  to  April  26,  1916,  there  were  | 
97  carloads  of  cattle  and  68  carloads  of  hogs  shipped  | 
from  the  county.  This  brought  over  a quarter  of  a mil-  | 
lion  dollars  into  the  county.  Chickens  and  eggs  are  | 
shipped  on  a large  scale.  Horses  are  also  being  raised  | 
at  a high  rate  of  profit.  Pork  can  be  raised  for  lV2c  a | 
pound  and  sold  for  7 cents  per  pound.  This  shows  there  | 


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| that  it  will  become  the  leading  industry  in  a few  years.  reach  of  every  boy  and  girl  in  the  county.  There  are  | 
1 The  four  leading  towns  are  Hartford,  Geneva,  Sam-  four  or  five  trains  daily  on  both  the  railroads  with  daily  g 
1 son,  and  Slocomb,  each  having  about  2,000  inhabitants,  automobile  service  on  all  the  principal  roads.  The  pos-  | 
1 Each  town  has  a weekly  newspaper,  is  situated  on  a rail-  tal,  express,  telephone  and  telegraph  service  is  especial-  | 
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1 FARMS!  FARMS!  FARMS! 


LARGE  AND  SMALL— IMPROVED  AND  UNIMPROVED 


LET  ME  KNOW  YOUR  DESIRES  AND  REQUIREMENTS. 
CAREFUL  ATTENTION  GIVEN  TO  ALL  INQUIRIES. 


G.  M.  SIMMONS, 

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GREENE  COUNTY 


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REENE  COUNTY  is  one  of  Alabama’s  group  of 
rich  agricultural  counties.  Like  many  other 
Alabama  counties  the  name  honors  a national 
hero.  In  this  case,  General  Nathaniel  Greene 
is  doubly  honored  because  the  county  seat, 
Eutaw,  commemorates  his  victory  over  the  British  and 
Tories  at  the  battle  of  Eutaw  Springs,  S.  C. 

Greene  is  a small  county  when  compared  to  many 
other  Alabama  counties,  containing  only  681  square 
miles,  yet  in  that  area  is  embraced  almost  every  varie- 
ty of  soil;  and  each  variety,  in  fertility  and  productive- 
ness, challenges  comparison  with  like  soils  in  any  other 
state  or  county  in  the  country. 

Greene  is  inhabited  by  honest,  thrifty,  capable  and 
ambitious  people.  Her  churches  and  schools  are  signifi- 
cant of  her  honesty  and  ambition.  Her  farms  and  the 
homes  of  her  people  testify  to  their  thrift  and  capacity. 
The  people  of  Greene  County  have  not  been  boosters  for 
they  have  been  too  busy  working  out  their  own  salva- 
tion. They  have  lands  of  every  grade  and  price  to  spare 
and  they  have  always  held  out  welcome  hands  to  all  who 
came  imbued  with  energy  and  the  honest  purpose  to 
make  good  citizens  and  work  for  the  betterment  of  the 
community  in  which  they  locate. 

Greene  County  is  situated  in  the  fork  of  two  rivers, 
the  Tombigbee  and  the  Black  Warrior,  these  streams 
forming  her  western  and  eastern  boundaries  respective- 


PLANTATION  HOME  OF  MR.  J.  I.  THORNTON.  NEAR  BOLI- 
GEE,  GREENE  COUNTY,  ALABAMA. 


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FARM  SCENE  NEAR  BOLIGEE.  “CATERPILLAR"  TRACTOR  1 
PULLING  24  FEET  OF  DOUBLE  DISC  AND  DRAG 
HARROWS— SIXTY  ACRES  COVERED  DAILY. 


ly.  With  two  navigable  streams  and  the  Alabama  1 
Great  Southern  Railway,  a trunk  line  to  Northern  mar-  1 
kets,  the  county’s  shipping  facilities  are  ideal. 

From  the  junction  of  the  two  rivers  and  bordering  g 
along  these  rivers  in  the  southern  end  of  the  county  is  I 
found  a level  sandy  loam.  It  is  capable  of  the  highest  I 
development  and  upon  it  can  be  grown  not  only  crops  of  J 
corn  and  cotton  but  nuts,  vegetables  and  fruits  of  all  I 
kinds  in  the  greatest  profusion. 

Farther  north  and  lying  between  the  Tombigbee  and  1 
the  prairie,  or  lime  lands,  are  the  red  sand-clay  lands,  § 
level  and  fertile,  easily  cultivated  and  upon  which  can  1 
be  grown  all  the  fruits  of  the  fields  in  abundance.  West  | 
of  Boligee  and  north  of  Eutaw  is  found  a rich  sandy 
loam  with  a clay  base  or  subsoil  and  here  also  you  find 
the  best  timber  of  the  county.  These  lands  are'  for  the 
most  part  owned  and  tilled  by  the  small  white  farmers  § 
and  are  suitable  for  raising  all  leading  field  crops,  fruits 
and  vegetables. 

In  the  midst  of  these  sandy  lands  is  located  the  prairie 
or  lime  lands  of  Greene  County.  Beginning  at  a point  I 
just  north  of  Forkland  and  running  in  a northwesterly 
direction  across  the  county  is  situated  a range  of  hills. 


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BLACK  LIME  SOIL  FARM 

IN  CENTER  ALFALFA  SECTION 

1,172  ACRES  H MILES  FROM  RAILROAD 

1,172  acres  on  QUEEN  & CRESCENT  RAILROAD,  three  hours  south 
of  Birmingham,  1(4  miles  from  Boligee.  900  acres  richest  black  lime  loam ; 

272  acres  of  sandy  loam,  red  clay  subsoil ; twenty  good  tenant  houses ; 260 
acres  magnificent  pasture ; government  specification  dipping  vat ; overflow- 
ing artesian  well  (others  can  be  had  at  any  part  of  place) ; in  the  heart  of 
best  cattle  and  alfalfa  section  of  Alabama.  Crops  adapted  to  soil  are  corn, 
cotton,  oats,  soy  beans,  velvet  beans,  peanuts,  crimson,  bur  and  melilotus 
clover,  and 


ALFALFA 

Government  expert  writes  owner  that  normal  production  of  ALFALFA 
on  this  land  will  be  3(4  to  5 tons  per  acre  and  it  has  raised  76  bushels  of 
corn  per  acre,  with  other  crops  in  proportion. 

AS  AN  ALFALFA  AND  LIVE  STOCK  PROPOSITION  IT  IS 
WITHOUT  EQUAL  IN  ALABAMA  FOR  ITS  SPLENDID 
LOCATION  AND  CHEAPNESS  IN  PRICE,  $35.00  PER 
ACRE. 

Terms  $12,000.00  cash,  balance  to  suit  purchaser.  On  account  of  splen- 
did location  to  railroad  and  cheap  freight  rates  this  place  will  pay  for  itself 
over  any  other  place  for  sale  in  the  ALFALFA  section  of  Alabama  and  the 
owner  can  prove  it.  No  real  estate  commission  to  pay  as  it  is  sold  by 
OWNER.  For  further  particulars,  write  to 

HENRY  T.  BOUCHELLE,  BOLIGEE,  ALABAMA 


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MAMMOTH  STOCK  BARN  NEAR  BOLIGEE. 


| These  hills  are  peculiar  in  that  they  are  composed  of 
| sand  and  gravel  and  afford  ideal  locations  for  homes. 
| Realizing  this  advantage,  the  planters  of  the  olden  days 
| built  their  mansions  on  these  elevations,  overlooking 
| the  broad  and  fertile  valleys.  The  time  is  not  far  off 
| when  the  excellent  road  material  of  which  these  hills  are 
1 composed  will  be  used  to  build  a network  of  model  high- 
| ways  throughout  the  county. 

| In  point  of  beauty  no  land  under  the  sun  furnishes 
| more  beautiful  panoramas  than  that  portion  of  the 
| “Black  Belt”  of  Alabama  that  lies  in  Greene  County. 
| Traveling  along  this  range  of  hills  one  sees,  falling  away 
| to  right  and  left  toward  the  two  rivers,  broad  fields  of 
| alfalfa,  corn  and  cotton.  Those  crops,  however,  are  not 
| the  only  dependence  of  the  planters  of  this  section  for 
| during  the  late  years  the  raising  of  blooded  cattle,  sheep 
I and  hogs  has  taken  the  place  of  too  much  cropping.  This 
| section  is  an  ideal  one  for  this  industry  because  the  coun- 
| try  is  not  only  blessed  with  Bermuda  pastures,  but  be- 
| sides  the  natural  creeks  and  branches,  artesian  water  is 
| available  everywhere  and  nearly  every  farm  has  one  or 
| more  overflowing  wells.  This  natural  advantage  renders 
| this  land  superior  to  the  pasture  lands  of  other  sections, 
| for  it  is  evident  that  plenty  of  pure  water  is  essential  to 
| the  successful  raising  of  stock. 

| Greene  County  does  not  boast  of  many  towns  as  her 
| people  mostly  dwell  upon  the  farms  and  not  in  the 
| towns.  Eutaw,  the  county  seat,  is  her  metropolis,  and 


is  a beautiful  town  situated  on  the  A.  G.  S.  Railway,  1 
within  three  miles  of  the  Warrior  River.  It  is  a town  of  I 
good  schools  and  churches,  and  has  paved  streets,  elec-  | 
trie  lights,  water  works  and  telephone  service.  Eutaw’s  | 
real  boast,  however,  is  her  citizenship,  which  ranks  sec-  | 
ond  to  none  in  courage,  intelligence  and  hospitality. 

Boligee  is  the  commercial  center  for  all  south  Greene  | 
and  while  it  does  not  boast  of  all  the  later  day  improve-  | 
ments,  its  business  men  are  progressive  and  have  made  1 
the  town  a competitor  to  be  reckoned  with  in  the  com-  | 
mercial  affairs  of  the  county.  The  other  towns  are  mere  g 
groupings  of  the  farmer  folk,  but  no  higher  class  of  citi-  | 
zenship  can  be  found  anywhere  than  we  have  in  these  | 
farming  communities.  | 

Greene  County  is  sparsely  settled  and  she  needs  and  g 
hopes  for  additions  to  her  citizenship.  Vast  areas  of  g 
her  lands  are  as  yet  unimproved  and  offer  golden  oppor-  | 
tunities  to  ambitious  and  honest  men  who  are  seeking  | 
farms.  She  invites  you  to  come  and  see  these  lands  and  I 
if  you  decide  to  stay  she  assures  you  a harty  welcome  | 
and  a helping  hand.  j 

For  Special  Land  Bargains  in  Greene  County  write  to  | 
J.  E.  PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Bldg.,  Birmingham,  I 
Ala.  1 


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18  ACRES  A DAY. 


HALE  COUNTY 


HERE  are  three  very  distinct  sections  in  Hale 
County,  the  northern  is  very  hilly,  sandy  land. 
The  southern  is  prair.e  or  canev”-°ke,  end  the 
third  is  a valley  bordering  the  Black  Warrior 
River  on  the  west. 


The  spirit  of  road  improvement  is  likely  under  the  1 
State  laws  that  encourage  county  activity.  Demopolis  1 
on  the  Bigbee  is  a market  for  the  southern  part,  Union-  | 
town  for  the  eastern,  and  Greensboro,  the  county  seat,  | 
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The  land  is  the  prairie  type  south  and  east  of  Greens- 
| boro.  It  was  formerly  heavily  timbered  with  ash,  oak, 
| gum  and  walnut  and  the  surface  was  covered  with  tall 
| cane.  It  is  very  fertile  for  cotton,  corn  and  small  grain. 
| The  surface  of  the  land  is  rolling.  Clover  and  alfalfa 
1 yield  largely  and  restore  the  soil  quickly.  The  soy  bean, 
| velvet  bean  and  the  field  pea  also  give  a prompt  fertiliz- 

| ing  effect.  It  is  a beautiful  farming  country,  open  to 

| the  eye  for  miles. 

Land  values  are  low  compared  with  the  prairie  lands 

| of  the  middle  West,  standing  at  $10,  $30  and  $50  per 

| acre,  according  to  location. 

| All  kinds  of  livestock  flourish  here.  Mules  grow  to  the 
1 best  size  for  farm  use.  Horses  of  fine  breed  grow  to  the 


best  quality.  One  of  the  largest  livestock  breeders  of  | 
Kentucky  is  interested  in  3,000  acres  of  alfalfa  land. 

Various  fruits  do  well,  including  the  scuppernong  | 
grape,  fig  and  strawberry.  Most  garden  vegetables  grow  | 
luxuriantly.  A lady  remarked  at  her  table  on  a spring  | 
day  that  she  offered  to  her  guest  fourteen  kinds  of  vege-  | 
tables  and  fruit. 

The  artesian  well  is  a distinctive  feature.  In  some  | 
cases  there  are  from  five  to  ten  wells  on  a single  farm.  I 
The  Pickens  well  is  phenomenal  in  its  outflow.  The  § 
Withers  mills  were  turned  by  artesian  well  water  trained  § 
into  a canal. 

Greensboro,  the  principal  market,  has  a cotton  oil  1 
mill.  The  Southern  College,  a flourishing  college  for  | 
young  men,  is  located  there. 


HENRY  COUNTY 


HE  name  of  Patrick  Henry  lives  in  song,  in  story 
and  in  this  noble  political  community  of  Ala- 
bama. It  comprises  1,000  square  miles;  the 
Chattahoochee  River  borders  it  on  the  whole 
east  side. 

| The  climate  is  equable;  Gulf  breezes  tempering  winter 
| to  softness  and  summer  to  coolness.  Henry  was  orig- 
| inally  very  large,  including  all  or  parts  of  seven  of  the 
§ counties  of  today. 

| The  Choctawhatchee  River  runs  diagonally  through 
g the  northern  part.  In  the  river  and  creeks  fine  fresh  fish 
j abound.  The  low  lands  bordering  the  river  are  a dark 
| mulatto,  and  there  is  another  variety  of  yellow  land, 
; both  much  prized  for  farming.  In  the  southwest  is  Big 
1 Creek,  a bold  stream  cutting  into  Dale  County.  There 
M is  a singular  red  land  impregnated  with  lime  to  such  an 
| extent  as  to  be  highly  productive. 

g Generally  Henry  County  lands  possess  excellent  agri- 
cultural qualities.  In  the  northern  section  hills  and 


broken  surface  prevail.  In  the  southern  part  the  land  is  | 
level,  sandy  and  with  a heavy  growth  of  long  leaf  pine.  | 

The  products  are  cotton,  corn,  the  small  grains,  rice,  | 
sugar-cane,  peanuts,  peas,  potatoes,  all  yielding  finely,  f 
especially  when  a liberal  application  of  fertilizers  is  | 
used. 

On  the  abandoned  open  fields  in  the  native  forests  wild  | 
grasses  admirably  adapted  for  grazing,  nine  or  ten  | 
months  of  the  year,  flourish  abundantly. 

The  wildly  distributed  running  streams  favor  the  live-  | 
stock  industry  supported  by  natural  pasturage.  Distant  | 
markets  are  accessible.  The  Chattahoochee  River  and  | 
trunk  railroads  afford  good  transportation.  The  local  | 
towns  are  Abbeville,  the  county  seat,  Columbia,  Gordon,  | 
etc. 

The  timber  trade  is  large,  the  timber  is  varied  and  | 
excellent  quality — oak,  walnut,  hickory,  beech,  gum  and  | 
pine. 

The  people  are  of  a fine  type.  Schools  and  churches  | 
are  well  supported. 


THE  SELF  BINDER  IS  BECOMING  A FAMILIAR  SIGHT  IN  HENRY ' COUNTY. 


No  single  element  has  been  more  potent  a factor  in  the  development  of  Alabama,  than  her  newspapers.  Their  § 
| influence  and  strength  have  grown  proportionately;  and  best  of  all  they  have  earned  and  acquired  the  confidence  of  = 
| their  readers. 

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HOUSTON  COUNTY 

“IN  THE  CHATTAHOOCHEE  VALLEY” 


By  L.  E.  MORGAN, 

| r^pjYHE  whole  eastern  border  of  Houston  County  lies 
along  the  Chattahoochi-e  River,  and  is  situated 
| ^ i in  the  Chattahoochee  Valley  section  of  Ala- 

| Soil 

| There  are  several  kinds  of  soil — red,  chocolate  red, 

| and  gray — all  with  clay  sub-soil  and  all  very  productive. 

| The  main  characteristic  of  this  soil  is  its  adaptability  to 
| diversified  crops. 

I Crops 

| Houston  County  lands  produce  prolifically  almost 
| every  Southern  crop,  vegetables,  fruit,  nuts,  and  berries, 

| corn,  cotton,  potatoes,  peas,  peanuts,  hay,  sugar-cane, 

| oats,  rye,  velvet  and  soy  beans  watermelons,  canta- 
| loupes,  and  such  truck  crops  as  cabbage,  onions,  straw- 
| berries,  tomatoes,  beans,  cucumbers,  etc.  Budded  pecans 
| are  a coming  industry  in  Houston  county,  Satsuma 
| oranges  are  growing,  while  tobacco  is  one  of  our  latest 
| crops.  Many  of  these  lands  produce  alfalfa  and  clover 
| after  the  soil  is  limed. 

1 Climate 

| The  climate  is  ideal,  no  extremes  either  way,  with 
| Gulf  breezes  in  the  summer.  Houston  is  known  to  be 
| one  of  the  healthiest  counties  in  the  State. 


WORLD'S  RECORD. 


Dothan,  Alabama. 


PRESERVED  FIGS  FIND  AN  EVER  WIDENING  MARKET. 
CANNING  FACTORIES  TO  PRODUCE  THIS  DELI- 
CACY ARE  NEEDED  IN  SOUTH  ALABAMA. 


Population 

Houston  County  is  populated  almost  entirely  by  white 
farmers  on  small  farms,  who  cultivate  them  intensively. 
The  county  is  well  supplied  with  good  residences, 
schools  and  churches. 

Roads 

Houston  county  has  a magnificent  system  of  graded 
highways,  and  more  roads  and  highways  are  constantly 
being  built. 


FARM  OF  300  ACRES  NEAR  DOTHAN.  PRODUCED  12,000  BUSHELS  OF  OATS  WITHOUT  FERTILIZER. 


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Markets 

| There  are  splendid  markets  for  all  farm  products,  and 
| year  round  cash  markets,  Chicago  prices  for  live  stock, 
1 through  two  packing  plants  close  by.  This  enables  any 
1 farmer  to  make  a good  living  and  save  money,  if  he  is 
| energetic.  He  can  work  in  the  sunshine  twelve  months 
| in  the  year  and  keep  healthy,  happy  and  contented. 

Topography 

| The  Houston  county  lands  are  level  or  slightly  rolling, 
| well  drained,  well  watered  with  streams  and  branches. 

No  one  should  locate  in  the  South  before  investigating 
| this  county  and  what  it  has  to  offer  home-seekers.  It  is 
i a great  hog  and  stock  section  in  addition  to  its  agricul- 
§ tural  resources.  The  lands  are  very  cheap  considering 
I their  value, — improved  farms  usually  averaging  from 
| $20.00  to  $35.00  per  acre  with  liberal  terms  of  payment. 


NEW  MUNICIPAL  BUILDING  AT  DOTHAN. 


uting  center.  Dothan  is  the  logical  point  for  industries 
of  many  kinds,  has  a goodly  number  now  and  wants  a 
lot  more.  It  is  the  metropolis  of  the  Chattahoochee 
Valley,  has  a population  of  10,000  and  is  surrounded  by 
one  of  the  best  agricultural  sections  in  the  South.  A 
community  composed  almost  entirely  of  white  farmers 
on  small  farms.  It  is  only  about  25  years  old  and  has 
increased  over  100%  in  population  at  every  census. 
Dothan  has  three  railroads, — two  of  them  trunk  lines; 
the  other  runs  south  75  miles  to  Panama  City  and  St. 
Andrews  Bay,  one  of  the  deepest  harbors  on  the  Gulf. 

Dothan  has  40  miles  of  paved  sidewalks,  well  paved 
streets,  a white-way;  fine  schools  and  churches,  a Fed- 
eral building,  a splendid  system  of  water  works,  munici- 
pally owned,  a magnificent  city  building,  and  many  other 
attractive  features.  We  have  an  abundance  of  supplies 
at  hand  for  many  new  industries,  and  need  the  following 
at  once: 


Mixed  Feed  Mill. 
Creamery. 

Cotton  Mills. 
Syrup  Refinery. 
Canning  Factory. 


Produce  Exchange. 
Peanut  Oil  Refinery, 
Gas  Plant. 

Packing  Plant. 


THE  MODERN  SILO  AND  ONE  OF  ITS  HOUSTON  COUNTY  BY-PRODUCTS. 


DOTHAN 

The  County  Seat  of  Houston  County,  Alabama 

| Take  a map  of  Alabama,  find  Houston  County,  in  the 
| southeast  corner  of  Alabama — and  note  that  Dothan  is 
| the  county  seat.  You  will  see  at  a glance  its  strategic 
| geographical  location  from  a trade  and  commercial 
1 standpoint.  Dothan  is  in  the  corner  of  three  states,  be- 
ll ing  the  natural  gateway  in  and  out  for  a wide  territory 
| in  every  direction,  and  is  fast  becoming  a great  distrib- 


There is  a splendid  opportunity  in  Dothan  for  these 
and  many  industries  of  other  kinds.  Dothan  is  the 
natural  location  for  them  and  must  have  them.  Come  to 
DOTHAN.  Investigate!  See  for  yourself!  See  how 
healthy  it  is  here, — what  a delightful  uniform  climate, 
with  no  extremes  either  way, — how  the  Gulf  breezes 
blow, — and  see  if  you  do  not  want  to  live  here.  You  will 
find  opportunity  here.  Ask  the  traveling  men  who  cover 
Alabama  and  who  have  but  one  answer,  “DOTHAN  is  a 
coming  city.”  Come  and  see  for  yourself. 


For  More  Detailed  Information  Write  to 

THE  DOTHAN  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE 

DOTHAN,  ALA. 


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WHAT  OTHERS  THINK  OF  DOTHAN 


READ  THE  FOLLOWING  LETTER  FROM  A FARMER  WHO  CAME  TO  DOTHAN  IN  THE 
FALL  OF  1915,  REPRESENTING  A GROUP  OF  HOMESEEKERS 

Buffalo,  August  5,  1915. 

Smith  & Morgan, 

Dothan,  Ala. 

I write  to  again  express  our  admiration  of  your  section  and  my  personal 
hope  and  desire  that  I will  soon  be  a citizen  of  Houston  county.  The  thirteen 
other  gentlemen  who  went  with  me  are  equally  well  pleased  and  some  will  sell 
out  and  move  there.  We  have  nothing  here  to  compare  with  your  country.  You 
have  the  soil,  climate,  a country  of  small  farms  and  white  farmers,  and  good 
markets.  I shall  expect  to  plant  grain  and  food  crops  and  raise  packing  house 
hogs.  Yours  is  the  place  of  opportunity  for  the  farmer.  I believe  if  the  facts 
about  your  country,  that  we  have  in  our  possession,  were  generally  known,  that 
you  would  have  hundreds  of  new  citizens  during  the  next  two  years.  Hoping  to 
see  you  soon, 

W.  R.  SHERMAN. 

NOW  READ  THE  FOLLOWING  LETTER  FROM  A HOUSTON  COUNTY  FARMER: 

Dothan,  Ala.,  February  17,  1916. 

Smith  & Morgan, 

Dothan,  Ala. 

Gentlemen:  I planted  20  acres  of  oats  in  the  Fall  of  1914;  following  oats  I 
planted  5 acres  of  the  same  land  in  peas  and  2*4  acres  in  sweet  potatoes.  On 
this  piece  I cut  600  bushels  of  oats,  gathered  600  bushels  of  potatoes,  and  made 
71/2  tons  of  fine  hay.  The  20  acres  netted  me  about  $875.00,  and  all  were  easily 
cultivated  crops.  I am  raising  a lot  of  fine  Berkshire  hogs  this  year. 

D.  P.  YOUNGBLOOD. 

READ  THIS  FROM  A HOUSTON  COUNTY  STOCK  RAISER. 

Crosby,  Ala.,  February  26th,  1915. 

Smith  & Morgan, 

Dothan,  Ala. 

Gentlemen:  Following  your  advice  I recently  shipped  a lot  of  hogs  to  the 
packing  plant.  The  returns  were  very  satisfactory.  They  paid  Chicago  prices, 
the  shipment  bringing  me  over  $1,100.00.  I can  make  more  money  by  feeding 
my  crops  to  hogs  than  by  any  other  method  of  farming.  I shall  have  a large 
number  of  hogs  ready  for  the  packing  plant  this  Fall. 

W.  W.  EDDINS. 

NEED  WE  ADD  ANYTHING  TO  THE  ABOVE? 

DON’T  YOU  WANT  TO  BE  A CITIZEN  OF  THIS  TOWN  OR  COUNTY? 

If  you  want  to  know  more  about  the  most  promising  town  and  county  in  Alabama,  one  of 
the  most  progressive  communities  in  the  whole  South,  write  today  to 

SMITH  & MORGAN 

DOTHAN,  ALABAMA 

Note:  Hogs  and  cattle  can  be  sold  in  Dothan  every  month  in  the  year  for  cash,  at  Chicago  prices. 

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JACKSON  COUNTY 


ACKSON  COUNTY  has  an  area  of  1,000  square 
miles.  It  is  the  most  easterly  of  four  counties 
that  make  the  northern  line  of  the  State  and 
abuts  upon  Georgia  and  Tennessee.  The  name 
is  in  honor  of  General  Jackson,  and  it  was  or- 
ganized in  1819. 

It  is  divided  by  the  Tennessee  River  through  its 
length  from  northeast  to  southwest,  forty  miles,  leaving 
about  two-fifths  on  the  east  side. 


| The  land  apart  from  the  river  valley  some  four  miles 
| wide  is  rugged  and  mountainous,  with  wild  scenery.  The 
| valleys  are  fertile,  producing  cotton,  corn,  the  grasses, 
| clover,  fruits  and  vegetables. 

| Jackson  is  not  surpassed  for  tobacco  growing  crop 
| and  for  livestock  raising.  It  produces  wool  and  sor- 
| ghum.  The  plateaus  are  but  little  less  productive  than 
| the  valleys.  In  horses  and  hogs  the  county  is  singularly 
| productive. 

| The  vast  abundance  of  clear,  cool  water  is  a distinct- 
| ive  feature  of  the  county.  On  the  high  lands  small 
| farms  are  found  with  all  evidence  of  plenty. 

| The  numerous  hills  and  mountain  spurs  are  densely 
| wooded  as  well  as  the  valleys.  On  the  hills  and  hill 
| sides  are  red  oaks,  black  oaks,  pine,  hickory  and  cedar. 
| In  the  valleys  are  poplar,  ash,  maple,  beech,  walnut, 
| gum,  cherry  and  a giant  white  oak. 

| Jackson  contains  coal  and  iron  and  the  supply  of 
| marble  and  limestone  is  inexhaustible.  The  investment 
| in  industries  is  considerable.  There  are  several  notable 
| schools.  In  all  the  villages  and  towns  good  schools  and 
| churches  flourish. 

| For  special  land  bargains  in  Jackson  County  write  to: 
| J.  E.  PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Building,  Birming- 
i ham,  Alabama. 


| Houston  County  holds  the  world’s  record  for  the  pro- 
| duction  of  peanuts.  Dr.  Yarbrough  of  Columbia  harvest- 
| ed  214  bushels  from  one  acre  of  black  sandy  loam. 


HIGH  GRADE  SHEEP  DO  WELL  ON  THIS  BEAUTIFUL  RANCH  I 
IN  JACKSON  COUNTY. 


THE  CALL  OF  JEFFERSON  COUNTY 


By  F.  BOZEMAN  DANIEL,  Birmingham,  Alabama. 


| HE  fame  of  the  Southern  States  has  spread 

abroad  as  a section  offering  abundant  opportu- 
| ...  * i nities  for  the  prospective  homeseeker  and  in- 
1 §%fijE3!S]  vestor.  Alabama  stands  at  the  head  of  this 
| group  in  the  variety  and  attractiveness  of  in- 

! ducement  to  this  class.  The  district  that  stands  out 
| above  all  others  in  this  great  State  is  Jefferson  County, 
| fondly  and  rightly  called  “Imperial”  by  her  patriotic 
| sons.  So  that  in  attempting  adequately  to  depict  its 
1 resources  we  would  covet  the  genius  capable  of  doing 
| justice  to  the  subject.  Yet  our  story  is  so  wonderful  in 
| itself  that  though  poorly  told  it  reads  like  fiction. 

| Jefferson  County  lies  in  the  north  central  part  of  the 
| State  and  enjoys  an  equable  and  salubrious  climate. 
| The  fig  still  abounds  this  far  north  but  the  summers  are 
| free  from  intense  heat.  An  abundance  of  splendid  water 
| pours  from  many  flowing  streams.  The  eastern  part  of 
1 the  county  is  watered  by  the  Cahaba  River  and  the 
| western  part  by  the  Warrior  River,  now  navigable  half 
I way  through  the  county  by  reason  of  the  several  locks 
| constructed  by  the  United  States  government,  which 
| puts  this  section  in  direct  touch  with  the  Gulf  of  Mex- 
| ico  by  water  transportation. 

Soil 

| The  soil  is  usually  a good  rich  loam  underlaid  with 
| clay,  although  considerable  sand  is  found  in  some  parts. 
| The  rainfall  is  close  around  60  inches,  and  well  distrib- 


uted throughout  the  year.  Many  plants  may  be  grown  | 
in  the  winter  season,  three  crops  often  being  gathered  | 
from  the  same  land  in  a year.  The  soil  produces  abun-  | 
dantly  all  the  crops  of  the  temperate  zone.  Agriculture  g 
here,  as  elsewhere  in  the  State,  is  a most  important  oc-  | 
cupation.  While  much  cotton,  corn  and  potatoes  are  | 
raised  the  chief  attention  of  many  farmers  is  turned  to  | 
intensive  culture,  the  raising  of  truck  and  garden  prod-  | 
uce  to  supnly  the  market  ready  at  their  door  in  Birm-  § 
ingham.  The  dairy  business  is  important  also,  the  most 
modern  and  sanitary  devices  being  used. 

Chief  Source  of  Wealth 

But  unlike  most  of  the  South,  Jefferson  County  is  not  | 
dependent  primarily  on  agriculture  for  its  prosperity.  § 
The  chief  source  of  wealth  lies  in  the  extensive  and  rich  § 
deposits  of  minerals,  especially  coal  and  iron  ore  in  close  | 
proximity,  together  with  limestone  which  is  used  in  the  g 
fluxing  of  iron.  The  importance  of  this  combination  is  g 
attested  by  the  remarkable  growth  of  the  city  of  Birm-  | 
ingham,  which  has  sprung  up  in  the  midst  of  this  region  | 
with  such  marvelous  yet  substantial  growth  as  to  have  | 
been  called  the  “Magic  City.”  For  economists  and  stu-  | 
dents  of  political  and  commercial  geography  have  g 
taught  us  that  great  centers  of  population  do  not  just  | 
happen,  but  that  there  is  always  some  fundamental  j 
cause  which  explains  the  gathering  of  men  in  cities. 


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BIRMINGHAM'S  “GRAND  CANYON." 

First  Avenue  and  Twentieth  Street,  One  Block  from  ‘‘Dixie  Lines”  Station.  Four  Skyscraper  Office  Build- 
ings Stand  on  the  Corners,  the  American  Trust,  the  Brown-Marx,  the  Empire,  and  the  Woodward 
Building.  This  is  the  Most  Highly  Developed  Corner  in  the  Southern  States. 


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I Jefferson  County  has  exceptionally  good  railroad 
| transportation  facilities.  There  are  nine  trunk  lines 
| converging  in  Birmingham  from  every  direction  form- 
| ing  a perfect  net-work  throughout  the  county  and  tap- 
! ping  all  the  important  mineral  deposits.  This  means  of 
I transportation  is  supplemented  by  a splendid  system  of 
| macadamized  roads  connecting  all  parts  of  the  county, 
| and  making  automobile  travel  easy  and  popular.  Con- 
| crete  bridges  are  rapidly  replacing  the  old  wooden 
1 structures  that  were  once  used  to  span  the  ravines  and 
I water  courses.  Permanent  metal  signboards,  or  guide 
I posts  mark  the  intersection  of  all  highways.  Excellent 
| means  of  communication  by  telephone  and  telegraph  are 
| enjoyed.  Express  facilities  also  are  splendid.  The  rural 
| free  delivery  service  of  the  United  States  Postal  Depart- 
| ment  reaches  practically  every  section  of  the  county, 
| bringing  to  every  man’s  door  the  advantages  of  the  par- 
| cel  post  system. 

THE  CITY  OF  BIRMINGHAM 

| As  Birmingham  is  the  most  important  center  in  this 
| district,  we  shall  give  a brief  description  of  the  salient 


brick,  cotton  gins,  macaroni,  mattresses,  bread,  brooms, 
cotton  goods,  cotton  seed  oil  and  by-products,  chemicals, 
composition  roofing,  Portland  cement,  baskets,  boxes, 
coffins,  gun-powder  carriages,  wagons,  awnings,  tents, 
candies  and  bottled  soft  drinks.  It  will  be  readily  seen 
that  such  a city  offers  a fruitful  field  for  the  investment 
cf  capital.  Abundant  electric  power  is  furnished  by  the 
gigantic  development  of  the  Alabama  Power  Company, 
which  has  harnessed  the  water  courses  to  further  the 
industrial  growth  of  this  section. 

Imposing  Buildings 

The  down-town  buildings  present  an  imposing  sight, 
as  one  skyscraper  rises  majestically  beside  another.  The 
Jefferson  County  Bank  building,  twenty-five  stories 
high,  is  the  tallest  in  the  South.  Many  great  corpora- 
tions find  spacious  and  convenient  Southern  headquarters 
in  the  towering  office  buildings,  causing  a great  volume 
of  business  to  be  transacted  here.  The  city  has  five 
banks  that  are  exceptionally  strong,  two  of  them  being 
under  national  supervision.  In  addition  to  these  there 
are  five  other  banking  houses. 


SOUTH  SIDE  BAPTIST  CHURCH. 

Birmingham  Has  Many  Attractive  Church  Edifices,  Among  Which  the  South  Side  Baptist  Must  be  Given  a 
Leading  Position  from  an  Architectural  Standpoint.  It  is  a Beautiful  Structure,  and  Never 
Fails  to  Arouse  the  Admiration  of  Visitors. 


| facts  of  life  of  this  cosmopolitan  metropolis  of  Ala- 
| bama.  It  nestles  among  the  foot-hills  of  the  Alleghenies 
| in  what  is  known  as  Jones  Valley.  Within  the  memory 
| of  many  now  living  it  has  developed  from  cotton  fields 
| into  a bustling  and  progressive  city  whose  population  is 
| conservatively  estimated  at  190,000.  It  is  essentially  a 
| manufacturing  city  and  distributing  center.  Its  indus- 
| tries  and  commerce  have  attained  tremendous  propor- 
| tions.  Its  pay  rolls  have  long  since  passed  the  stage  of 
| a million  dollars  per  week.  This  is  largely  by  reason  of 
| the  fact  that  it  has  cheap  raw  material,  abundant  labor 
| supply,  and  adequate  transportation  facilities.  A mere 
| enumeration  of  the  separate  and  distinct  products  man- 
! ufactured  here  would  exceed  in  length  the  limit  set  for 
| this  paper,  but,  in  general,  the  most  important  are  the 
| manufactures  of  iron  and  steel  and  the  infinite  variety 
| of  machines,  tools  and  implements  that  are  made  of  this 
1 material.  For  this  reason  it  is  often  called  “The  Pitts- 
| burg  of  the  South.”  Worthy  of  special  mention  also  are 
| the  manufacture  of  clay  products,  especially  building 


But  while  a great  city  industrially  it  must  not  be  for- 
gotten that  business  opportunities  are  not  the  only  thing 
Birmingham  has  to  offer.  It  is  pre-eminently  a good 
town  in  which  to  live.  It  is  admitted  by  many  real 
estate  men  of  the  North  and  East  that  their  home  towns 
have  nothing  to  compare  with  the  beautiful  residence 
sections  developed  here.  Highland  Avenue,  Mountain 
Terrace  and  Norwood  will  compare  favorably  with  the 
most  attractive  cities  in  America.  Birmingham  is  noted 
for  its  hospitality  to  visitors,  and  this  reputation  to- 
gether with  its  accessibility  has  made  it  a popular  con- 
vention town.  Even  the  largest  gatherings  are  handled 
with  enviable  ease  and  grace.  This  is  made  possible 
largely  by  reason  of  the  splendid  hotel  accommodations 
afforded  here,  the  Tutwiler  and  Molton  being  among  the 
most  modern  and  completely  equipped  hotels  in  all  Dixie 
Land. 

Education 

Birmingham  has  educational  advantages  of  the  high- 
est type.  Its  public  school  system,  under  the  adminis- 


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tration  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Phillips,  ranks  with  the  most  pro- 
gressive in  the  whole  country.  Howard  and  Birming- 
ham colleges,  as  well  as  the  Loulie  Compton  Seminary 
for  Girls,  maintain  standards  of  the  best  character.  It 
also  has  a number  of  proficient  business  colleges  and 
private  schools. 

A City  Beautiful 

The  aesthetic  sense  is  by  no  means  neglected  as  is  evi- 
denced by  the  practical  prominence  and  co-operation 
given  the  “City  Beautiful”  idea.  Birmingham  is  a city 
of  numerous  parks  and  one  of  the  most  attractive  nat- 
urally is  at  Avondale,  where  the  nucleus  of  a zoo  has 
been  established. 

The  streets  of  the  city  are  broad  and  straight,  and 
more  than  sixty  miles  of  them  are  paved  with  perma- 
nent asphalt  or  brick.  There  are  two  hundred  miles  of 
electric  street  railway  in  the  city  rendering  every  sec- 
tion easily  accessible  from  the  business  district.  The 
water  is  unsurpassed  and  the  sewer  system  is  complete 
and  well  equipped. 

The  city  is  well  provided  with  hospitals.  St.  Vincent’s 
and  the  Hillman  are  the  largest  and  most  important 


the  best  things  about  Birmingham  is  the  generous  re- 
sponse given  by  her  people  to  all  philanthropic  and  al- 
truistic movements.  Though  the  calls  be  ever  so  fre- 
quent her  public  spirited  and  liberal  citizens  are  always 
ready  to  meet  the  next  request  and  count  it  an  oppor- 
tunity. 

Birmingham  has  a splendid  public  library  in  the  mu- 
nicipal building  with  branches  located  in  Avondale,  East 
Lake,  Ensley,  West  End  and  Woodlawn.  The  Birming- 
ham Bar  Association  has  a large  well  equipped  law 
library  in  the  First  National  Bank  building. 

The  Future 

Men  of  large  vision  who  are  familiar  with  the  re- 
sources of  the  district,  tell  us  that  Birmingham  is  just 
beginning  to  come  into  her  own,  and  that  we  are  des- 
tined to  become  a really  great  city  in  the  near  future. 
Such  a prophesy  is  not  half  so  hard  for  us  to  believe  as 
it  would  have  been  for  men  of  a generation  ago  to  im- 
agine the  reality  of  today.  The  citizens  of  Birmingham 
confidently  believe  that  the  opportunities  offered  today 
will  be  even  greater  as  time  rolls  on.  There  is  always 
a place  here  for  the  fellow  who  can  “make  good.” 


TEMPLE  EMANU-EL. 

Within  the  Four  Walls  of  This  Beautiful  Edifice  is  One  of  the  Noblest  Places  of  Worship  to  be  Found  Any- 
where in  America.  The  Temple  was  Completed  in  1914,  and  Cost  Nearly  $175,000. 


under  public  control,  but  a number  of  private  institu- 
tions supplement  the  work  of  caring  for  the  sick  and 
unfortunate. 

Municipal  Government 

A word  should  be  said  of  the  city  government.  It  was 
a pioneer  in  the  adoption  of  the  commission  form  of 
government  and  finds  it  economical  and  generally  satis- 
factory. Birmingham  has  one  of  the  most  efficient  fire 
departments  in  the  country  and  was  among  the  first 
cities  to  install  a complete  motor-truck  fire-fighting 
equipment.  Under  prohibition  the  city  has  had  an  un- 
usual record  for  the  small  number  of  arrests  and  convic- 
tions for  crimes  and  misdemeanors. 

There  are  two  large  afternoon  papers  of  general  cir- 
culation and  one  morning  paper  besides  numerous 
weekly,  semi-weekly  and  monthly  publications  of  vari- 
ous kinds. 

The  town  is  marked  by  a distinct  moral  atmosphere. 
It  is  a city  of  many  churches  and  their  influence  is  felt 
in  all  civic  issues.  Notable  also  are  the  number  and 
efficiency  of  organizations  for  social  service.  One  of 


The  Birmingham  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  a wide- 
awake civic  body  that  takes  pleasure  in  advising  as  to 
local  conditions  and  investigation  of  our  resources  is  in- 
vited. Be  sure  you  know  Birmingham  before  locating 
elsewhere.  You  may  as  well  enjoy  the  large  opportu- 
nities that  await  a sturdy  and  virile  people  in  a section 
favored  by  Providence  with  abundant  natural  advan- 
tages. 

Real  Estate  Exchange 

The  Birmingham  Real  Estate  Exchange  is  a substan- 
tial organization  that  has  accomplished  great  things  for 
the  real  estate  interests  of  Birmingham  and  the  State 
at  large. 

The  members  will  take  pleasure  in  putting  outsiders 
in  touch  with  specialists  in  all  branches  of  real  estate 
operating  in  Birmingham  and  Alabama.  The  Exchange 
is  a branch  of  the  National  Association  of  Real  Estate 
Exchanges  which  has  proved  a wonderful  factor  in 
welding  together  the  real  estate  interests  of  this  coun- 
try. 


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| The  Birmingham  Real  Estate  Exchange  offers  special 
| advantages  to  the  large  or  small  manufacturer,  who 
| might  contemplate  locating  in  this  district,  through  its 
| Committee  on  Factory  Sites.  This  service  is  at  the  dis- 
I posal  of  any  one  desiring  to  investigate  manufacturing 
1 conditions  in  this  district. 

| This  committee  will  consider  it  a pleasure  to  go  over 
| any  such  matters  with  any  prospective  manufacturer 
| with  a view  to  working  out  and  overcoming  any  minor 
| difficulties.  A number  of  choice  factory  sites,  for  sale 
| at  reasonable  prices  that  will  suit  the  needs  of  almost 
| any  manufacturing  concern,  have  been  listed  on  the 
| Exchange. 


Another  very  necessary  and  important  function  the 
Exchange  performs  is  the  appraisal  of  property  by  a 
committee  of  experts.  Honesty  in  advertising  and  accu- 
racy in  statements  regarding  Birmingham  real  estate  is 
insisted  upon  by  the  Exchange. 

Birmingham  is  a great  city  for  6%  mortgages.  The 
Exchange,  which  is  the  highest  authority  on  Birming- 
ham real  estate  values,  will  be  glad  to  put  investors  in 
touch  with  such  mortgages,  through  its  individual  mem- 
bers, and  will  give  an  accurate  appraisal  of  the  prop- 
erty offered  for  security.  To  the  newcomer,  the  inves- 
tor, the  manufacturer,  whether  large  or  small,  the  Ex- 
change awaits  an  opportunity  to  render  these  and  other 
services. 


Any  Kind  of  Farm  You  Want: 


TRANSFORMER  SUB-STATION  NEAR  BIRMINGHAM. 


| WRITE  AT  ONCE  FOR  COMPLETE  LIST  OF  SMALL  AND  LARGE  FARMS  WE  HAVE  FOR 
1 SALE  IN  NORTH  AND  SOUTH  ALABAMA.  WE  CAN  FIT  YOU  UP  WITH  ALMOST  ANY 
1 KIND  OF  FARM  YOU  HAVE  IN  MIND  WITH  SATISFACTORY  TERMS  AND  PRICES. 


We  call  special  attention  to  a number  of 
truck  farms  we  have  listed  near  Birmingham, 
the  great  industrial  center  of  the  South,  with  a 
market  that  consumes  an  enormous  amount  of 
produce.  Truck  raised  on  these  lands  can  be 
marketed  at  minimum  expense  at  times  when 


it  is  most  profitable.  If  you  want  to  go  into  a 
paying  business,  secure  one  of  these  farms. 

We  also  negotiate  Loans  on  Farm  Lands  at 
reasonable  rates  of  interest.  Write  us  if  you 
have  any  business  of  this  kind  to  be  transacted, 
and  we  will  promptly  put  it  through. 


| JEMISON  REAL  ESTATE  AND  INSURANCE  CO., 

| FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING  BIRMINGHAM,  ALABAMA 

| REFERENCES,  THE  BANKS  OF  BIRMINGHAM 

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THE  BIRMINGHAM  NEWS 


Is  part  and  parcel  of  the  great  State-wide  movement  to  create  in  Ala- 
bama a development  worthy  of  our  natural  resources. 

It  believes  the  time  is  at  hand  to  reach  out  for  the  world’s  trade  and 
realize  upon  the  amazing  opportunities  made  possible  by  the  world-wide 
conditions  of  today.  { 

ALABAMA  MUST  DEVELOP  LEADERS 

Capable  of  seizing  the  world-opportunity  caused  by  the  war  in  Europe 
and  the  tremendous  development  that  will  follow  when  peace  comes. 

No  other  State  has  greater  wealth  of  forest,  mine,  stream  and  field — we 
must  have  “men  to  match  our  mountains  and  men  to  match  our  plains.” 

The  United  States  is  overflowing  with  money  and  now  is  the  time  to 
bring  Alabama’s  manufacturing  interests  into  close  touch  with  the  markets 
of  the  world. 

THE  BIRMINGHAM  NEWS 

INDEPENDENT,  PATRIOTIC,  FEARLESS 

Stands  ready  to  welcome  the  home-seeker,  investor,  skilled  farmer, 
manufacturer  or  worker,  who  seeks  a new  location,  to  Alabama,  where 
every  possible  advantage  may  be  found  tending  toward  the  most  favorable 
living  conditions. 

ALABAMA  IS  ORGANIZED  | 

As  a unit,  every  county  represented,  to  create,  direct  and  maintain  a 
new  spirit  of  progress,  and  pledges  the  good  faith  of  the  entire  State  in  sup- 
port of  the  most  comprehensive  and  skillfully  directed  forward  movement 
ever  inaugurated. 

IF  YOU  want  to  keep  in  direct  touch  with  this  movement. 


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PUBLISHED  AT  BIRMINGHAM— “THE  MAGIC  CITY” 


| IN  THE  HEART  OF  THE  MINERAL  DISTRICT  WHICH  PRODUCES  ANNUALLY: 
| 16,000,000  tons  of  coal, 

j 2,500,000  tons  of  pig  iron. 

3,500,000  tons  of  coke. 

1,000,000  tons  of  steel  shapes. 


| IN  THE  HEART  OF  A STATE  WHICH  PRODUCED  IN  1915: 

| 66,900,000  bushels  of  corn. 

11,466,000  bushels  of  oats. 

8,800,000  bushels  of  potatoes. 

| 1,100,000  bales  of  cotton. 

| 362,000  tons  of  hay- 

Herds  of  Hereford,  Angus  and  Shorthorn  cattle  that  sold  at  topnotch  prices  in  the  stock  1 
yards  of  St.  Louis  and  Louisville. 


| ALABAMA  MUST  LEAD  THE  SOUTH  BECAUSE: 

Her  wholesale  trade  is  enormous,  its  centers  strategically  located. 

Her  factory  products  supply  world  markets. 

Her  alfalfa  lands  produce  three  to  five  crops  per  year. 

1 Her  soil  is  especially  adapted  to  all  kinds  of  crops. 

Her  farmers  who  diversify  in  hogs,  cattle,  corn,  oats,  alfalfa,  cowpeas,  velvet  beans,  pea-  1 
nuts  and  sweet  potatoes  need  nothing  from  the  store  for  man  or  beast  except  salt  and  | 
I coffee. 


I THE  LEDGER  has  always  been  the  “Farmer’s  paper.” 

| THE  LEDGER  was  first  to  follow  the  establishment  of  rural  routes  in  Alabama  and  place  a 1 
| daily  newspaper  in  the  homes  of  the  farmers.  | 

| THE  LEDGER  has  been  active  in  the  campaigns  for  crop  diversification  that  have  resulted  in  an  | 
enormous  increase  of  grain  production  and  of  pure  bred  cattle  and  hogs;  meat  packing  g 
| establishments  are  being  built ; cotton  is  no  longer  king. 

| THE  LEDGER  welcomes  to  Alabama  intelligent  farmers  who  understand  the  business.  For  | 
| them  the  opportunities  of  this  great  State  are  limitless. 

| THE  LEDGER  should  reach  YOU  daily  because  YOU  will  find  in  it  an  honest  reflex  of  what  Ala-  | 
| bama  is  and  offers  YOU. 

Send  your  order  today  for 


THE  BIRMINGHAM  LEDGER 

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LOW  PRICED  POWER  IN  ALABAMA 

Manufacturers  of  all  kinds  need  low  priced  power,  otherwise  their  manufacturing 
costs  are  unnecessarily  high.  Northern  Alabama  especially  offers  this  possibility.  The 
Alabama  Power  Company  has  constructed  and  in  operation  a water  power  system  in 
almost  the  geographical  center  of  the  state,  Lock  12,  on  the  Coosa  River,  which  supplies 
power  at  present  to  manufacturing  regions  where  more  than  half  of  the  total  power 
used  in  the  state  is  located.  Already  we  have  over  80,000  H.  P.  in  water  and  steam 
power  in  operation  and  are  building  new  stations  and  additions  which  will  add  50,000 
H.  P.  more. 

Water  power  is  well  known  to  be  the  best  way  to  secure  electrical  power.  Already 
after  less  than  two  years  operation  hundreds  of  manufacturers,  ranging  from  one- 
fourth  H.  P.  to  over  3,000  H.  P.  are  using  power  from  our  system  to  reduce  their  manu- 
facturing costs.  Our  load  is  growing  so  fast  that  we  are  contemplating  further  in- 
creases in  our  generating  capacity  soon. 

Let  us  submit  information  on  the  cost  of  power  for  any  manufacturing  that  you 
may  have.  AYe  will  convince  you  that  you  will  save  money  by  locating  in  our  territory. 

WRITE  TODAY  FOR  INFORMATION 


ALABAMA 

Brown-Marx  Building 


POWER  CO. 

Birmingham,  Ala. 


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RELIABLE  POWER  IN  ALABAMA 

Low  priced  power  is  not  sufficient  for  manufacturers  who  are  intent  on  showing 
profits  on  their  investment.  The  power  must  be  reliable;  that  is,  always  there  when  you 
want  it  day  and  night  without  a moment’s  delay.  Power  from  our  transmission  system 
is  always  there — twenty-four  hours  a day,  365  days  a year.  Our  service  records  are  open 
for  your  inspection.  We  maintain  three  transmission  lines,  of  the  most  substantial 
construction,  and  two  independent  power  plants  to  secure  this  reliability  in  our  supply. 

We  can  save  money  for  YOU  when  YOUR  plant  is  located  near  our  systems.  We 
are  now  supplying  power  in  the  following  towns : 

Anniston,  Alexander  City,  Ashland,  Attalla,  Alabama  City,  Bessemer,  Birming- 
ham, Blocton,  Blue  Mountain  City,  Coldwater,  Cottondale,  Colemont,  Decatur,  Gads- 
den, Guntersville,  Huntsville,  Hartselle,  Ironaton,  Jacksonville,  Jackson  Shoals,  Keller  - 
man,  Keystone,  Lincoln,  Lineville,  Leeds,  Loviek,  New  Decatur,  Oxford,  Piedmont, 
Pell  City,  Quenelda,  Straven,  Searles,  Siluria,  Spaulding,  Sylaeauga,  Talladega,  Tus- 
caloosa, West  Blocton  and  Yolande.  •(  ! < j 

You  can  locate  them  on  the  map.  We  are  steadily  extending  our  transmission  sys- 
tem to  reach  other  towns. 

If  you  are  seeking  a new  location  for  your  present  industry  or  are  seeking  to  de- 
velop a new  industry,  let  us  work  for  you  to  show  you  what  the  real  possibilities  are  in 
this  region.  We  maintain  a staff  of  experts  on  industrial  power  who  are  at  your  serv- 
ice without  charge.  Write  us  today  about  your  requirements. 


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POWER  CO. 


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ALABAMA  IS  DESTINED  TO  BECOME  ONE  OF  THE  GREATEST  MANUFACTURING  DISTRICTS  IN  THE  WORLD.  THE 
ABOVE  MAP  SHOWS  HOW  COMPLETELY  THE  LINES  OF  THE  ALABAMA  POWER  COMPANY  AFFORD 
CHEAP  AND  CONVENIENT  POWER  IN  THE  MIDST  OF  RAW  MATERIAL  OF  ALL  KINDS. 

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TENNESSEE 

Coal,  Iron  & Railroad 

Company 

From  22,000  to  25,000  Employees  on  the  Pay-Roll. 


PIG  IRON 

FOUNDRY— FO  RGE— BASIC 

“DeBardeleben”  “Ensley”  “Alice” 


OPEN  HEARTH  STEEL 

RAILS  BLOOMS  BILLETS  SLABS  BARS 

TWISTED  SQUARES  SHEARED  PLATES  ANGLES 
TENNESSEE  “SPECIAL  TOOL  STEEL” 

COAL  1 COKE 

STEAM  GAS  BLACKSMITH  DOMESTIC  FURNACE  FOUNDRY  DOMESTIC 


FERTILIZER 

DUPLEX  BASIC  PHOSPHATE 
“The  Soil  Builder” 


GENERAL  OFFICES : Brown-Marx  Building,  Birmingham,  Alabama. 

BRANCH  OFFICES 


Boston 

Denver 


Buffalo 

Detroit 

Pittsburgh 


Chicago 
New  Orleans 
St.  Louis 


Cincinnati 
New  York 
St.  Paul 


Cleveland 

Philadelphia 


Pacific  Coast  Representatives : United  States  Steel  Products  Company,  San 
Francisco,  Seattle,  Portland,  Los  Angeles. 

Export  Representatives : United  States  Steel  Products  Co.,  New  York  City. 


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Butler -Garret  Real  Estate  | Joseph  O.  Thompson 


and  Insurance  Co. 


Agency  Established  1899 


301  American  Trust  Building 


Birmingham,  Alabama 


FARM  AND  TIMBER 
LANDS  DEPARTMENT 


FOR  SALE- 
LARGE  BODIES 
ALFALFA  LANDS 


Invite  Correspondence 


I REFERENCES: 


222  NORTH  TWENTY-FIRST  STREET 


BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 


FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK, 

BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 

UNION  BANK  & TRUST  CO., 

MONTGOMERY,  ALA. 


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Moseley,  Henderson  & Davis 
Realty  Company 

BIRMINGHAM,  ALABAMA. 


J.  E.  PENNEY 

HAS  LAND  FOR  SALE  IN  THE 
ALFALFA  BELT 


REAL  ESTATE  AND 
RENTAL  AGENTS 


HANDLING  BIRMINGHAM  CITY 
PROPERTY  AND  SOUTHERN 
FARM  LANDS. 


Alabama  Lands  a Specialty 


Write,  ’Phone  or  Come  to  See  Us. 


In  Greene  County,  Alabama,  on  the  Queen  & 
Crescent  Railroad ; in  Barbour  County  near  the 
Central  of  Georgia  Railroad;  and  in  Morgan, 
Lawrence,  Limestone,  Madison  and  Jackson 
Counties,  Alabama.  Land  in  large  tracts  suita- 
ble for  colonization  purposes  or  in  small  tracts 
from  forty  acres  up. 


Address : 


J.  E.  PENNEY 

302  American  Trust  Building, 
BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 


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FARM  LANDS  [ 

SOME  SAMPLES  OF  THE  LISTINGS 
WE  HAVE  TO  OFFER 


1,410  ACRES  located  on  good  pike  road  6 miles  from  Eufaula  in  Barbour  County,  Ala.,  bor- 
dered by  Chattahoochee  River,  free  from  overflow  and  all  level;  910  acres  in  cultivation  all  in  one 
body.  The  soil  is  deep  black  sandy  loam  with  clay  sub-soil,  and  will  produce  a bale  of  cotton  or 
from  50  to  80  bushels  of  corn  to  the  acre.  Well  improved  by  nice  8 room  home,  16  tenant  houses, 
gin  in  operation,  barns  and  outhouses.  This  is  one  of  the  best  located,  richest  and  best  improved 
farms  in  the  State.  Price  $30.00  per  acre  on  easy  terms. 


2,000  ACRES  of  lime  land  in  Barbour  County, 
Ala.,  1 mile  from  Batesville;  700  acres  in  culti- 
vation, balance  in  timber  consisting  mostly  of 
pine  (about  3,000,000  feet)  and  plenty  of  post 
oak.  This  land  lies  level  to  rolling  and  is  im- 
proved with  tenant  houses,  wells  of  water,  etc. 
At  least  1,200  to  1,500  acres  of  this  land  is  fine 
alfalfa  land  that  will  stand  the  acid  test.  There 
is  no  richer  or  more  productive  tract  of  land  in 
the  county.  Price  $10.00  per  acre,  on  easy 
terms. 

2,400  ACRES  located  near  Demopolis  in  Ma- 
rengo County,  Ala.,  entire  tract  level  and  fitted 
for  a stock  farm ; 800  acres  alfalfa  land,  about 
4,000,000  feet  of  virgin  timber;  lies  on  Tombig- 


bee  River;  is  well  fenced  and  improved;  good  | 
12  room  dwelling,  16  tenant  houses,  barns,  etc.  j 
Price  $30.00  per  acre  on  terms.  | 

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TIMBER  LANDS  ALL  OVER  ALA-  I 
BAMA  AND  ADJOINING  STATES  I 

Both  improved  and  unimproved  and  in  tracts  | 
ranging  from  40  acres  up  to  several  thousand.  | 
If  you  are  interested  in  lands  that  are  as  fertile  I 
and  productive  as  any  in  the  country,  where  | 
you  can  farm  for  ten  months  in  the  year  and  | 
which  you  can  buy  now  for  one-tenth  of  their  | 
actual  value,  get  in  touch  with  us. 


We  Can  Furnish  Any  References  Required 


BAILE  Y-JONE  S REAL  ESTATE  & INSURANCE  COMPANY  [ 

221  NORTH  TWENTY-FIRST  STREET.  BIRMINGHAM,  ALA.  | 


ALABAMA  LAND  BARGAINS  \ 

WE  HAVE  SOLD  MORE  FARMS  THAN  ANY  FIRM  IN 
ALABAMA  DURING  THE  PAST  5 YEARS.  WE  OPERATE 
IN  EVERY  COUNTY  AND  ON  ALL  RAILROADS.  WE  j 

CAN  SATISFY  YOUR  REQUIREMENTS  AS  TO  SOIL, 

LOCATION,  IMPROVEMENTS  AND  TERMS.  WRITE  FOR 
DESCRIPTIVE  LITERATURE. 

INGRAM  REALTY  COMPANY  I 


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Description  of  Macon  County  Farm  1 

THIS  PLACE  HAS  ABOUT  550  ACRES  of  cleared  tillable  land  and  about  500 
additional  acres  that  can  be  cleared  and  put  in  cultivation.  It  will  raise  all  sta- 
ple crops,  such  as  corn,  cotton,  peas,  potatoes,  etc.,  and  all  kinds  of  fruits  and 
vegetables.  The  soil  is  divided  between  a clay  and  a sand-and-clay  mixed. 

Some  sand  with  clay  foundation,  which  is  very  desirable  for  the  crops  that  are 
raised  in  this  section,  as  it  responds  readily  to  fertilizer  or  the  rotation  of 
crops.  On  the  uncleared  land  there  is  a fine  lot  of  virgin  timber  and  on  the  black 
bottom  land  there  is  a fine  growth  of  hardwood.  The  place  is  well  watered  with 
a stream,  springs  and  wells.  There  is  a public  road  running  through  the  place 
its  entire  length. 

THE  IMPROVEMENTS  CONSIST  OF  one  six-room  cottage  and  twelve  tenant 
houses,  of  from  two  to  four  rooms  each.  The  place  is  well  supplied  with  labor 
that  can  be  had  for  the  balance  of  the  land  if  it  is  cleared.  Along  the  stream 
there  is  a growth  of  switch  cane,  which  furnishes  excellent  pasture  in  winter. 

During  spring  and  summer  it  is  abundantly  supplied  with  wild  grasses.  The 
place  has  seven  miles  of  wire  fencing. 

IT  IS  ONLY  EIGHT  MILES  from  Auburn,  a town  of  2,500,  where  the  State 
Agricultural  College  is  located.  It  is  fifteen  miles  from  Opelika,  a town  of  5,000, 
and  about  twelve  miles  from  Tuskegee,  a town  of  2,500.  The  roads  in  this  sec- 
tion are  good.  The  distance  of  this  property  from  the  railroad  makes  it  especial- 
ly good  for  obtaining  cheap  labor  that  is  easily  handled. 

| For  Price  and  Terms  on’the  Above  Plantation  with  Large  List  of  Other  Bargains,  Address:  | 

GUS  A.  POPE,  JR., 

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LAMAR  COUNTY 


TlHIS  county  was  formed  in  1866  and  contains  550 
square  miles.  It  is  one  of  the  western  border 
counties  that  abuts  upon  the  State  of  Missis- 
BbBI  sippi.  The  general  nature  of  the  soil  is  red 
loam,  hilly  and  broken  with  a mixture  of  sand. 
The  land  is  favorable  to  the  livestock  industry  because 
of  grasses  and  grains  that  are  productive  and  with  suf- 
ficient water  and  shade.  Grasses  grow  spontaneously  to 
luxuriant  production. 


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wealth  of  undeveloped  minerals,  iron,  coal  and  valuable  | 
building  stone. 

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There  are  saw  mills,  grist  mills  and  flour  mills  on  their  | 
banks.  The  forests  are  plentiful  and  abound  in  species  | 
of  oak,  hickory,  ash  and  chestnut. 

There  are  trunk  lines  of  railroads  that  afford  trans-  g 
portation  to  the  industries.  Cotton,  corn,  oats,  etc.,  are  | 
grown. 


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ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 


LAUDERDALE  COUNTY 


By  JESSE  P.  WHITE,  J R.,  Rogersville,  Alabama. 


AUDERDALE  is  one  of  the  most  fertile  coun- 
ties in  Alabama.  It  is  situated  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  Alabama,  and  is  joined  on  two 
sides  by  the  states  of  Tennessee  and  Missis- 
sippi. It  was  one  of  the  first  sections,  of  Ala- 
| bama  settled  by  the  whites  and  was  organized  as  a coun- 
| ty  before  the  State  was  constituted.  It  was  established 
| in  1818  and  named  for  the  famous  Indian  fighter  Col. 
| Lauderdale  of  Tennessee,  who  fell  in  the  battle  of  Tal- 
| ladega,  December  23rd,  1814. 


A FINE  STAND  OF  WHEAT  NEAR  FLORENCE. 

| In  the  northern  portion  of  the  county  the  surface  is 
| somewhat  more  uneven  than  is  that  of  the  southern  end. 
| The  county  is  abundantly  supplied  with  perpetual 
| streams  of  water.  Shoal,  Cypress,  Blue  Water  and 
| Bluff  creeks  flow  through  the  county  from  the  north. 
I Striking  the  southeastern  boundary  is  Elk  River.  Be- 
§ sides  these  are  many  mountain  springs  containing  both 
| limestone  and  freestone  water.  There  are  several  springs 
| in  the  county  that  have  medicinal  properties,  the  most 
| noted  of  these  being  Bailey  Springs,  a short  distance 
| from  the  town  of  Florence;  Taylor  Springs  also  has  a 
| local  reputation.  In  every  part  of  the  county  are  to  be 
| found  local  industries,  such  as  gins,  grist  and  saw  mills. 
| There  are  forests  of  valuable  timber  in  every  part  of 
| the  county.  These  comprise  several  varieties  of  oak, 


poplar,  chestnut,  beech,  hickory,  walnut,  cherry  and  | 
short  leaf  pine.  In  1915  natural  gas  was  discovered  f 
near  Florence.  | 

In  this  section  excessive  heat  is  unknown  and  extreme  | 
cold  equally  rare.  The  temperature  in  mid-winter  falls  | 
only  to  15  degrees,  and  in  summer  seldom  exceeds  90  1 
degrees.  Northers,  blizzards  and  hurricanes  are  un-  I 
known.  The  average  rainfall  is  about  52  inches. 

The  chief  pursuits  of  the  people  are  farming,  stock-  | 
raising  and  manufacturing,  to  all  of  which  the  county  is  | 
admirably  adapted. 

The  most  common  soil  of  this  county  is  red  loam  con-  | 
taining  sufficient  lime  to  produce  good  crops  of  wheat,  § 
clover  and  other  cultivated  grasses.  The  soil  in  places  is  | 
badly  worn  but  the  growth  of  leguminous  crops  soon  | 
restores  it  to  a state  of  high  fertility.  This  soil  is  suit-  I 
able  to  a wide  range  of  crops.  Commercial  fertilizers  | 
greatly  increase  the  yield  of  cotton  and  grain. 

Lauderdale  County  has  the  State  Normal  College  and  ■ § 
State  High  School.  Through  the  entire  county  there  are  § 
good  local  schools  affording  all  the  educational  facili-  g 
ties  necessary  for  common  school  instruction. 

The  people  of  this  county  are  of  a moral  and  religious  1 
character  and  have  a system  of  churches  of  all  denom-  | 
inations  through  the  county. 

The  character  of  this  county  has  been  long  estab-  | 
lished.  The  people  are  law-abiding  and  thrifty  and  the  | 
tone  of  society  is  elevating.  g 

The  city  of  Florence  by  water  and  rail  has  communb  | 
cation  with  all  parts  of  the  nation.  She  has  connection  | 
by  way  of  Tuscumbia  with  the  great  Southern  Railway  1 
system  and  with  the  North  and  East  by  way  of  the  I 
Louisville  & Nashville  railroad  system,  both  of  which  § 
lines  place  her  in  close  touch  with  good  markets  in  every  | 
direction. 

The  banking  institutions  afford  ample  accommoda-  | 
ti6ns  in  supporting  and  promoting  the  trade  and  man-  | 
ufacturing  interests;  organized  on  substantial  business  | 
principles  with  ample  capital,  they  are  complete  links  | 
in  the  chain  of  industrial  advantages  which  are  becom-  | 
ing  more  and  more  conspicuous  in  the  development  of  g 
this  section.  Any  worthy  investor  with  but  ordinary  | 
capital  will  find  a hearty  welcome  from  its  financial  men  | 
with  all  the  assistance  he  can  reasonably  expect.  | 

Lauderdale  County  has  a fine  system  of  post  offices  | 
and  rural  routes.  The  express  service  at  Florence  over  § 
the  Louisville  & Nashville  Railway  is  all  that  can  be  | 
desired.  The  Southern  Bell  Telephone  & Telegraph  | 
Company  serves  in  Florence  in  a most  efficient  manner,  § 
all  its  wires  being  placed  in  cables  insuring  them  the  | 
best  of  protection  from  interference. 

The  city  of  Florence  affords  extraordinary  advantages  | 
for  manufacturing.  Directly  tributary  to  the  city  are  I 
all  the  elements  that  are  necessary  for  a great  manu-  | 
facturing  center.  Near  Florence  in  the  States  of  Ala-  | 
bama  and  Tennessee  are  large  deposits  of  coal  and  iron.  | 
Labor  is  abundant  and  living  is  economical.  No  city  in  | 
the  Union  offers  greater  inducements  to  the  large  or  g 
small  manufacturer  than  does  Florence,  Alabama. 


LAWRENCE  COUNTY 


HIS  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  counties  of  the 
Valley  of  the  Tennessee  and  was  created  in 
>—  < 1818.  It  was  named  in  honor  of  Captain  James 

HUPS)  Lawrence  of  Vermont,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  who 
was  killed  in  the  action  between  the  Chesa- 
peake and  the  Shannon. 

The  area  is  790  square  miles,  divided  for  the  most  part 
between  two  valleys,  the  Courtland  and  the  Moulton. 
Both  counties  are  productive  of  cotton,  corn,  the  small 
grains,  clover  and  truck  crops.  No  lands  are  more 
favorable  for  all  kinds  of  livestock  than  these. 

A farmer  with  640  acres  near  Courtland  established  a 
successful  business  by  fattening  mule  colts  for  the  New 


Orleans  market.  He  visited  the  farms  of  Middle  Ten- 
nessee in  search  of  mule  colts,  selecting  those  that 
promised  to  develop  well.  Bringing  down  carloads  he 
fed  them  on  home  grown  grains  and  hay  and  grazed 
them  on  grasses  and  red  clover.  In  the  fall  he  adver- 
tised to  the  New  Orleans  market,  selling  in  a lump  to  a 
dealer.  The  stock  cars  were  loaded  at  Courtland. 

The  creek  swamps  through  the  Moulton  Valley  pro- 
vide pasturage  in  plenty  for  hogs  and  the  farmers  pro- 
duce their  family  pork  with  small  cost.  In  the  Court- 
land  Valley  is  a large  farm  notable  for  breeding  turf 
horses. 


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A FINE  FLOCK  OF  SOUTH  DOWNS  ON  A RA’NCH  NEAR  MOULTON,  LAWRENCE  COUNTY. 


| Wheat  yields  in  the  Courtland  Valley  are  heavy  and 
| of  fine  quality.  Oats  is  a heavy  producer,  sometimes 
| from  fifty  to  seventy-five  bushels.  Red  clover  yields  as 
| heavily  as  in  Virginia. 

| Drinking  water  is  of  the  best  quality. 

| An  experiment  with  grapes  was  made  by  one  of  the 
| large  land  owners.  He  manufactured  wine  in  large 
| quantities  and  shipped  numerous  supplies  of  grapes  to 
1 Northern  markets. 


The  chief  towns  are  Moulton,  the  county  seat;  Court- 
land  and  Leighton.  The  large  estate  of  the  late  General 
Joseph  Wheeler  was  in  the  Courtland  Valley.  Well-kept 
farms  are  scattered  throughout  the  county  and  hand- 
some country  homes  are  numerous.  The  view  from  the 
mountains  that  skirt  the  Tennessee  Valley  is  grand  and 
scenes  of  great  wildness  and  beauty  are  found  in  the 
interior. 


LEE  COUNTY 


HIS  county  was  formed  in  1866,  and,  as  might 
be  supposed,  was  named  in  honor  of  General 
Robert  E.  Lee.  It  is  of  standard  area,  600 
square  miles,  and  two  distinct  topographical 
districts  divide  the  county.  The  surface  is  hilly 
| in  the  north  but  in  the  south  it  is  nearly  level. 


| TIRY  CALHOUN,  CHAMPION  CORN  GROWER  OF  LEE  COUN- 
TY; W.  S.  LOUNSBURY,  OF  OPELIKA;  AND 
I.  T.  QUINN,  OF  MONTGOMERY. 


CORN  CLUB  BOYS  ASSEMBLING  TO  ATTEND  A LECTURE 
AT  THE  ALABAMA  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE. 


Grey  and  red  lands  prevail.  They  are  generally  pro- 
ductive and  under  intelligent  cultivation  crops  grow  and 
mature  rapidly.  The  rainfall  is  absorbed  so  readily 
that  cultivation  is  little  delayed  by  that  cause. 

Agriculture  has  been  greatly  encouraged  by  the  edu- 
cational institutions  in  this  vicinity, — the  State  Poly- 
technic Institute  at  Auburn  and  the  Tuskegee  Institute 
for  negroes  founded  by  the  late  Booker  T.  Washington. 

Lee  County  lays  claim  to  leadership  among  the  coun- 
ties of  Alabama  in  manual  training  schools  and  road 
improvement.  The  manual  training  school  system  is 
original.  The  practice  of  the  school  is  to  borrow  from 
the  Polytechnic  Institute  an  advanced  pupil  to  act  as 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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teacher  for  a specified  time;  he  is  then  changed  to  an-  ' 1 


other  so  that  the  school  is  supplied  from  an  exhaustless 
source. 

Under  the  lately  established  road  law  the  farmers  of 
Lee  County  are  invited  to  do  certain  work  on  the  roads 
at  a fixed  price  per  mile.  For  this  the  roads  are  divided 
into  sections.  The  authorities  are  well  pleased  with  the 
innovation. 

The  staple  products  are  cotton,  corn,  the  small  grains, 
etc.  Some  fruits  have  been  cultivated  with  gratifying 
success,  especially  the  grape  and  peach. 

Water  is  plentiful.  Perennial  creeks,  springs  and 
wells  abound.  The  Chattahoochee  flows  on  the  eastern 
and  the  Tallapoosa  on  the  western  boundary. 


BOYS’  CORN  CLUBS  MARCHING  TO  THE  FARM  FROM  THE 
ALABAMA  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE. 


BOYS’  CORN  CLUBS— RECREATION  ON  THE  GROUNDS  OF  g 
THE  ALABAMA  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE. 


Transportation  is  sufficient  to  reach  any  of  the  great  | 
markets.  Several  trunk  lines  of  railroad  traverse  the  | 
county.  = 

Opelika  is  the  county  seat.  Auburn,  Salem  and  | 
Brownville  are  prosperous  towns.  | 


By  winning  the  $1,000  silver  cup  for  producing  the  best  | 
short  staple  cotton  shown  at  the  American  Land  & Irri-  | 
gation  Exposition  in  New  York  City,  Hon.  James  A.  | 
Wade  won  state-wide  recognition  in  Alabama  and  was  j 
elected  Commissioner  of  Agriculture.  | 


“AUBURN" 

ALABAMA  POLYTECHNIC  INSTITUTE 

The  Oldest  School  of  T echnology  in  the  South 

Summer  Session,  June  8 — July  19,  1916 
Next  Sessions  Begins  Wednesday,  September  13,  1916 

COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION 

I.  College  of  Engineering  and  Mines — Civil,  Electrical,  Mechanical,  Chemical 
and  Mining  Engineering,  Architecture,  Metallurgy,  Mechanic  Arts,  Technical 
Drawing,  Machine  Design,  etc. 

II.  College  of  Agricultural  Sciences — Agriculture,  Horticulture,  Animal  Hus- 
bandry, Botany,  Entomology,  Chemistry. 

Department  of  Pharmacy — (Four-Year  and  Two-Year  Courses.) 

III.  Academic  College — History,  English,  Mathematics,  Latin,  German,  French, 
Spanish,  Physics  and  Astronomy,  Political  Economy,  Psychology. 

Department  of  Education. — Psychology,  Educational  Psychology,  Sociology, 
Educational  Sociology,  History  of  Education,  Philosophy  of  Education,  School 
Supervision  and  Administration,  Methodology. 

IV.  College  of  Veterinary  Medicine — (Three  Years). 

For  General  Catalogue  and  Detailed  Information  Address 

CHAS.  C.  THACH,  M.  A.,  LL.  B.,  President, 

AUBURN,  ALA. 


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“The  South  has  become  one  of  the  great  factors  in  the  growing  strength  of  the  Nation,  and  the  natural  re-  | 
sources  there  have  only  begun  to  be  appreciated.” — John  Barrett,  Director  of  the  International  Bureau  of  Amer-  | 
ican  Republics. 


THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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LIMESTONE  COUNTY 


TERRITORIAL  county  originated  in  1818  con- 
taining 596  square  miles.  It  lies  between  the 
Tennessee  River  and  the  State  of  Tennessee, 
north  and  south,  and  between  Madison  and 
Lauderdale  counties,  east  and  west. 

| The  agricultural  character  of  the  soil  is  practically 
I the  same  as  in  Lauderdale. 

| The  county  is  well  watered  by  the  Tennessee  and  Elk 
| rivers  and  by  flowing  creeks.  Forest  growth  is  abun- 
| dant.  Hickory,  walnut,  red  oak,  white  oak,  white  and 
1 red  gum,  cherry. 

| Grasses,  clovers,  etc.,  suitable  for  livestock  grow  lux- 
| uriantly  and  with  the  water  present  the  opening  here 
I for  the  livestock  industry  is  admirable.  The  people  are 
| ambitious  to  increase  their  educational  advantages.  The 
1 public  schools  flourish  and  are  excellent. 

I The  county  has  been  the  home  of  several  citizens 
| whose  careers  are  identified  most  honorably  with  the 
| government  of  the  State. 

| For  special  land  bargains  in  Lawrence  County  write  to 
| J.  E.  PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Building,  Birming- 
| ham,  Alabama. 


| Walker  produced  232  37/56  bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre  making  hay  where  the  sun  shines  brightest— 
m of  sandy  loam  soil  in  Tallapoosa  County,  Alabama.  near  Athens. 


LOWNDES  COUNTY 


OWNDES  COUNTY  is  situated  slightly  to  the 
south  of  the  geographical  center  of  the  State 
of  Alabama.  It  contains  approximately  720 
square  miles.  The  land  in  this  county  is  varied; 
it  comprises  sand,  hammock,  prairie  and  many 
| intermediate  grades  of  soil. 

| The  rainfall  is  generally  even  and  well  distributed.  A 
1 soil  survey  of  the  county  is  being  made  at  the  present 
1 writing.  In  a short  while  information  can  be  obtained 
I from  Washington  concerning  the  various  soils  and  the 
| crops  peculiarly  adapted  to  them. 

| Lowndes  County  has  expended  within  two  years  the 
| sum  of  $150,000.00  on  roads.  The  pikes  of  the  county 
| are  complimented  by  every  tourist  motoring  through  our 
| borders.  More  roads  will  be  built  from  time  to  time,  as 
| the  people  fully  realize  the  importance  of  this  great  help 
1 along  the  line  of  advancement. 

| Lowndes  County  has  been  declared  free  of  the  Texas 
| cattle  tick  after  a swift  fight  against  them.  This  county 
I was  cleared  of  ticks  more  quickly  than  any  county  in 


any  State  in  the  Union — through  the  splendid  co-opera- 
tion of  all  the  farmers  and  cattle  owners.  And  now  the 
cattle  and  dairy  business  has  taken  on  an  impetus  that 
promises  to  make  Lowndes  the  leading  cattle  county  in 
the  State.  Fine  bulls  have  been  shipped  in;  the  herds 
are  improving  and  fencing  is  steadily  being  put  about 
large  tracts  of  pasture  land.  Fence  wire  comes  in  by 
carload  lots. 

The  principal  crops  grown  in  Lowndes  are  cotton, 
corn,  peas  and  hay.  Alfalfa  does  well  and  diversifica- 
tion has  brought  out  the  fact  that  Lowndes  has  some  of 
the  best  trucking  lands  in  the  South. 

Melilotus  grows  wild  on  the  prairies  and  thousands 
of  dollars  worth  of  the  seed  are  shipped  to  northern  and 
western  markets  each  year. 

There  are  several  places  where  steamboat  landings 
can  be  made  for  freight  purposes  on  the  banks  of  the 
Alabama  River,  thus  affording  competition  with  the  rail- 
roads and  bringing  about  a reduction  in  rates  for  trans- 
portation. 

Lowndes  County  has  three  railroads;  the  Louisville  & 
Nashville,  the  Western  of  Alabama,  and  the  Hayneville 
& Montgomery. 

The  schools  of  the  county  are  high  class  and  well 
attended.  The  county  high  school  is  situated  at  Ft. 
Deposit.  There  are  two  intermediate  high  schools  in 
other  sections  besides  the  regular  graded  schools  in  all 
the  communities. 

The  churches  are  noted  for  benevolence  and  free  do- 
nations by  members  to  all  good  causes. . Lowndes 
County  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  entire 
State  along  many  lines. 

For  more  detailed  information  concerning  Lowndes 
County  and  lists  of  land  for  sale,  address  the  following: 

W.  L.  C.  Haigler,  Hayneville,  Ala. 

Joseph  Norwood,  Ft.  Deposit,  Alabama. 

A.  F.  Brooks,  Ft.  Deposit,  Alabama. 

N.  J.  Bell,  Calhoun,  Alabama. 


No  .single  element  has  been  more  potent  a factor  in  the 
development  of  Alabama,  than  her  newspapers.  Their 
influence  and  strength  have  grown  proportionately;  and 
best  of  all  they  have  earned  and  acquired  the  confidence 
of  their  readers. 


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NATIVE  MULES  AT  WORK  FOR  KING  COTTON  ON  THE  BROAD  ACRES  OF  LOWNDES  COUNTY. 


MACON  COUNTY 


"y^N  MACON  COUNTY  is  located  the  famous  Tus- 
J kegee  Institute,  the  greatest  educational  center 
= ■■  i for  negroes  in  the  South.  It  was  founded  by 
I Booker  T.  Washington,  one  of  the  most  truly 

| capable  educators  our  country  has  produced. 

§ Upwards  of  $7,000,000  is  invested  in  the  land  and  build- 
| ings  belonging  to  the  institution,  and  it  has  received 
§ substantial  financial  support  from  a number  of  our  most 
I public  spirited  philanthropists. 

I The  county  was  named  by  (U.  S.)  Senator  Nathaniel 
I Macon,  of  North  Carolina,  a former  statesman, 
j The  lands  of  Macon  County  are  well  drained.  In  the 
| northwest  is  the  Tallapoosa  River,  on  the  western  boun- 
I daries,  the  Chewacta  and  Big  Swamp  creeks.  There  is  a 
1 great  diversity  of  land,  but  most  of  it  is  fertile. 

I The  lands  of  the  State  Polytechnic  Institute  and  Tus- 
| kegee  Institute  both  apply  a large  acreage  to  diversifi- 
| cation  of  crops  with  remarkable  success. 

S In  the  southern  precincts  the  land  is  specially  produc- 


tive, due  to  a soil  of  lime  loam  and  sand.  Cotton,  corn,  1 
scarlet  clover,  velvet  beans,  field  peas,  millet,  sugar-  1 
cane,  and  peanuts  are  most  successfully  grown  by  com-  § 
petent  farmers.  | 

The  second  railroad  built  in  Alabama,  now  known  as  1 
the  Western,  runs  through  Macon  for  27  miles.  This  1 
road  opened  a large  commerce  in  granite  of  excellent  1 
quality.  § 

The  timber  is  principally  oak,  hickory,  poplar,  beech,  g 
gum,  elm,  and  magnolia.  The  growth  of  oak  in  some  | 
parts  is  majestic.  The  water  supply  is  ample  and  the  | 
drinking  water  from  wells  and  springs  in  all  parts  is  | 
unusually  good.  | 

Tuskegee  is  the  county  seat  and  has  been  for  many  | 
years  the  home  of  high  education  for  both  sexes.  In  all  | 
parts  of  the  county  good  schools  are  maintained. 

For  special  land  bargains  in  Macon  County  write  to:  | 

GUS  A.  POPE,  JR.,  219  North  Twenty-first  Street,  | 

Birmingham,  Ala.  | 


Alfred  C.  Gladden  produced  226  3/4  bushels  of  corn  on  one  acre  of  sandy  loam  bottom  soil  in  Etowah  County,  | 
1 Alabama.  1 


“The  coal  and  iron  tonnage  of  the  State  of  Alabama  is  over  six  times  as  great  as  the  tonnage  of  the  entire  cot-  | 
| ton  crop  of  the  United  States;  the  State  ranks  as  second  in  the  Union  in  the  production  of  coke,  third  in  the  g 
| production  of  ore,  fourth  in  iron  and  fifth  in  coal.” — Thomas  Gibson  in  Moody’s  Magazine.  | 


ALABAMA  DEMOCRATS  SEEKING  TO  SERVE.  THEY  GROW  THIS  KIND  TO  PERFECTION  NEAR  TUSKEGEE. 

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MADISON  COUNTY  GROWS  PRIZE  WINNING  HAMPSHIRE  DOWN  SHEEP. 


MADISON  COUNTY 


By  CLARENDON  DAVIS,  President  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Huntsville,  Ala. 

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ADISON  COUNTY  has  800  square  miles  of  ter- 
ritory, 512,000  acres  of  land,  and  a mean  eleva- 
tion of  between  550  and  850  feet  above  sea 
level.  Hill  and  mountain  elevation  above  sur- 
rounding country  200  to  1,000  feet;  225,000 
| acres  in  cultivation. 

I Population,  50.000.  Property  assessment,  $13,500,000; 
| actual  value,  $50,000,000;  increased  value  ten  years,  60 
| per  cent.  State  and  county  tax  rate,  one  fifty.  School 
| attendance,  6,500  children. 

| An  abundance  of  clear,  pure  spring  water.  Hunts- 
! ville’s  spring  affords  daily  24,000,000  gallons,  Braham 
| Spring  7,000,000,  Bird  Spring  10,000,000  srallons  and 
| thousands  of  smaller  springs  arising  in  the  foothills  and 
| tracing  her  valleys  with  sparkling  streams  of  pure 
| water.  Wells  of  water  of  curative  properties  for  the 
| cure  of  kidney  diseases,  indigestion  and  many  other 
| complaints. 

| The  climate  is  mild  and  pleasant,  outdoor  work  possi- 
| ble  the  year  round.  The  summers  are  long  and  the  win- 
| ters  short.  There  are  but  short  periods  of  the  year 
| when  the  ground  cannot  be  occupied  by  crops  of  some 
| kind. 

| In  farm  products  the  banner  county  of  the  state,  hav- 
| ing  for  30  years  won  the  first  prize  at  the  annual  state 
1 fair.  A county  capable  of  being  made  the  premier  grain- 
| producing  county  of  the  United  States. 

| Cotton  crop  30,000  bales.  Corn  crop,  1913,  one  mil- 
| lion  dollars. 

| Farm  labor  can  be  had  in  Madison  County  from  $20.00 
| to  $30.00  per  month  and  board. 

Yield 

| Corn — 46  per  cent  under  cultivation.  The  average 
| yield  of  corn  from  75  to  100  bushels  to  the  acre.  1914 
i market,  80  cents. 

| Cotton — 44  per  cent  under  cultivation.  The  average 
| yield  of  cotton  is  three-fourths  bale  to  the  acre.  Corn 
| and  cotton  constitute  the  most  important  crops  of  the 
| county  at  present.  1913  market,  12  cents  per  pound. 

| Wheat — According  to  the  census  of  1910  it  occupied 
f 2,422  acres.  The  yield  varies  from  16  to  38  bushels  to 
| the  acre,  according  to  the  fertility  of  the  soil.  1914 
| market  $1.00  per  bushel. 

5 Hay — The  hay  crop  comprises  crabgrass,  Johnson 
1 grass,  red  top  clover  and  some  timothy.  Cow  peas  are 
1 also  used  for  this  purpose,  The  area  occupied  by  these 


crops  is  approximately  16,000  acres.  Cow  pea  hay  aver-  | 
ages  from  1 to  114  tons  to  the  acre,  while  oat  hay  runs  | 
from  !4  to  1 ton  per  acre.  1914  market,  $18.00  per  ton.  | 

Nursery  Stock— The  growing  of  nursery  stock  has  | 
become  an  important  industry  in  this  county.  These  j 
fruit  trees  are  supplemented  by  several  varieties  of  j 
grapes,  blackberries,  raspberries,  and  strawberries.  | 
Under  favorable  conditions  the  yield  of  fruit  is  abun-  1 
dant. 

Sorghum  for  syrup,  red  clover,  crimson  clover,  pea-  § 
nuts,  rye  and  alfalfa  are  crops  of  minor  importance  § 
now,  but  with  the  interest  that  is  being  developed  in  ag-  1 
riculture,  they  are  destined  to  have  an  important  place  | 
in  the  crop  systems  of  the  future. 

Sorghum — The  average  yield  is  from  2 to  8 tons  per  1 
acre.  1914  market,  $15.00  per  ton. 

Sorghum  Seed — The  average  yield  is  30  bushels  per  | 
acre.  1914  market,  $1.00  per  bushel. 

Sorghum  for  Syrup — The  average  yield  is  from  100  | 
to  300  gallons  per  acre.  1914  market,  40  cents  per  gal-  § 
Ion. 

Irish  Potatoes  yield  from  100  to  150  bushels  to  the  | 
acre.  1914  market,  $1.00  per  bushel. 

Sweet  Potatoes  yield  from  100  to  300  bushels  to  the  | 
acre.  1914  market,  $1.00  per  bushel. 

Oats  yield  from  20  to  40  bushels  to  the  acre.  1914  | 
market,  50  cents  per  bushel.  | 

Millet  yields  from  1 to  2 tons  per  acre.  1914  market,  § 
$12.00  per  ton. 

Peanuts  yield  from  15  to  40  bushels  per  acre.  1914  | 
market,  $1.00  per  bushel. 

Strawberries  range  from  2,000  to  4,000  quarts  per  f 
acre.  1914  market,  12%  cents  per  quart. 

By  using  about  one  ton  of  lime  to  the  acre  it  will  be  f 
found  that  the  yield  will  increase  about  25  per  cent.  | 
Delivered,  $1.50  per  ton  in  any  part  of  county. 

Some  Corn  Growers 

Thomas  Clift  (a  Corn  Club  boy)  raised  137  bushels  | 
on  one  acre.  Clarendon  Davis  ifarmer)  produced  3,220  § 
bushels  on  50  acres,  64  bushels  per  acre.  Leo  Johnson  | 
(farmer)  in  1913  produced  on  40  acres  3,040  bushels,  76  § 
bushels  per  acre;  in  1914,  22,000  bushels  on  530  acres.  | 
Jno.  Hauer  (truck  farmer  and  gardener)  produced  80  | 
bushels  per  acre.  Isom  Hobbs  (farmer)  produced  100  § 
bushels  per  acre.  Mr.  Hobb’s  address  is  Farley,  Ala.  j 
The  other  gentlemen  are  all  of  Huntsville. 


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FARM  SCENE  IN  MADISON  COUNTY. 


| Other  Grains  Can  be  Produced  in  Proportion 

| Among  the  alfalfa  growers  in  this  valley  who  cut 
| from  4 to  6 tons  per  acre  are:  Messrs.  Jno.  Scott,  Tracy 
| Pratt,  W.  W.  Bennett,  Capt.  Keller  and  S.  P.  Morine. 

| Mr.  Charles  Shinkle,  a German  farmer  of  Chase,  Ala, 
| produced  156%  gallons  sorghum  molasses  from  nine- 
1 sixteenths  of  an  acre,  sold  for  50  cents  per  gallon,  and 
| 200  pounds  of  blades  and  15  bushels  of  seed  sold  for 
§ $1.00  per  bushel. 

| Mr.  Isom  Hobbs,  of  Farley,  Ala.,  produced  80  bushels 
| of  winter  oats  per  acre  and  now  has  a fine  stand  of  vol- 
i unteer  oats  on  same  ground  without  sowing  this  year, 
| 1914. 

I Thompson  Bros.,  Madison,  Ala.,  100  bushels  of  oats 
| per  acre  this  year,  1914. 

| Mr.  R.  L.  Hughes,  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  has  made  an 
1 average  of  150  24-quart  crates  of  berries  (3,600  quarts 
1 of  strawberries)  per  acre  for  the  last  two  years,  1913 
| and  1914. 

| Mr.  F.  B.  Faucett,  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  R.  F.  D No.  1, 
| produced  315  gallons  of  sorghum  at  50  cents  per  gallon 
1 and  25  bushels  of  seed  per  acre  this  year,  1914.  Seed, 
| $1.00  per  bushel. 

| Mr.  P.  J.  Thullen,  the  Bee  Man  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  has 
| produced  150  pounds  of  extracted  honey  to  a colony  and 
| three  supers  of  comb  honey  to  a colony.  Thirty-four  sec- 
| tions  netted  $12.50  and  a great  production  of  honey  in 
| the  future  is  very  promising. 

| Mr.  Jas.  Fisk,  the  Watermelon  King,  of  Hazelgreen, 


.Ala.,  produced  one  melon  that  weighed  84  pounds.  Two-  g 
horse  wagon  load  averaged  64  pounds. 

Some  Good  Results  1914  | 

Below  is  given  some  results  of  up-to-date  farming  by  | 
live,  energetic  farmers  for  1914:  | 

Mr.  C.  B.  Fudge  has  3,000  bushels  of  sweet  potatoes  g 
on  ten  acres,  1914.  g 

Mr.  John  Hauer  has  200  bushels  Irish  potatoes  to  the  § 
acre;  6,000  three-pound  heads  early  cabbage  per  acre;  § 
6,000  six-pound  heads  late  cabbage  per  acre,  1914. 

Mr.  John  Scott  raised  40  bushels  of  oats  per  acre  and  g 
on  the  same  ground  this  same  season  (1914)  he  has  60  g 
bushels  of  corn  per  acre.  g 

Mr.  D.  C.  Finney  has  40  bushels  of  onions  on  one-  | 
fourth  acre,  1914.  g 

Mr.  W.  B.  Matkins  has  two  bales  of  cotton  to  the  acre  ,1 
this  year,  1914.  I 

Mr.  M.  Brosemer  has  40  bushels  of  wheat  per  acre  | 
this  year,  1914. 

Mr.  Frank  Hereford  has  44  bushels  of  wheat  per  acre,  g 
1914.  g 

Crops  can  be  rotated,  growing  two  or  more  crops  the  | 
same  season. 

Nursery  Business  in  Madison  County,  Alabama 

Some  thirty  years  ago  Major  W.  F.  Hikes  immigrated  | 
into  Madison  County,  Alabama.  Being  a nurseryman  by  | 
profession  he  realized  that  he  had  discovered  an  ideal  g 


g A GOOD  YIELD  OF  HAIRY  VETCH  ON  A FARM  NEAR  HUNTSVILLE.  g 

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THE  "PEERLESS”  VARIETY  OF  IRISH  POTATOES  IS  A 
PROLIFIC  CROP  IN  MADISON. 


spot  for  the  propagation  of  fruit  and  other  trees,  both 
useful  and  ornamental,  and  decided  to  locate  and  develop 
the  growing  of  trees  and  shrubbery  for  the  market. 

From  this  small  beginning  has  grown  an  industry  of 
great  importance.  All  kinds  of  fruit,  nut  and  ornamen- 
tal trees,  roses  and  shrubbery  are  now  grown  in  Madi- 
son County  and  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 
Fully  three  thousand  acres  of  land  are  devoted  to  the 
nursery  business  in  this  county,  growing  and  shipping 
about  250  carloads  of  trees  from  Huntsville  and  Chase 
each  year.  The  pay  rolls  of  the  several  nurseries  now 
engaged  in  business  in  Madison  County  will  approxi- 
mate $75,000.00  per  year,  practically  all  of  which  is 
spent  at  home.  These  nurseries  give  employment  the 
year  round  to  a great  many  people,  paying  good  wages 
and  affording  good  working  conditions. 

Ready  market  at  the  best  market  prices  for  all  farm 
products  and  live  stock. 

Good  Roads 

There  are  400  miles  of  surfaced  pikes,  500  miles  of 
graded  roads,  100  steel  bridges,  25  concrete  bridges  and 
culverts.  Madison  County  being  third  in  road  and  bridge 
improvement  in  the  State. 

Huntsville,  the  county  seat,  with  a new  and  up-to-date 
courthouse.  A beautiful  and  pleasant  place  as  a winter 
resort.  Many  Northern  families  spending  their  winters 
here.  Monte  Sano,  a spur  of  the  Cumberland  Mountains 
four  miles  from  the  city,  is  an  attractive  summer  resort. 
Many  of  Huntsville’s  citizens  have  summer  homes  there. 
Madison  County  has  about  250  Northern  families  and 
about  100  German  families  from  Pennsylvania,  Ohio, 
Indiana.  Iowa,  Missouri,  Minnesota,  and  many  other 
Northern  states  who  are  prosperous  and  contented. 

The  name  and  address  of  any  of  these  families  will  be 
furnished  to  interested  parties  upon  application. 

Modern  dwelling  houses  rent  from  $18.00  to  $35.00. 
Board  at  private  boarding  houses,  $18.00  to  $35.00. 
There  is  a splendid  opening  for  an  apartment  house. . 

Capital  and  labor  have  always  been  on  the  best  of 
friendly  terms.  Such  troubles  as  labor  strikes  are  un- 
known to  this  locality,  and  wages  will  compare  with 
those  of  any  city  of  the  same  size  in  the  United  States. 

Live  Stock 

Madison  County  has  the  advantage  of  a climate  which 
is  mild  enough  to  permit  the  stock  to  thrive  with  the 
minimum  amount  of  housing.  Nutritious  grasses  afford 
the  finest  pasturage  for  the  greater  part  of  the  year. 
Winter  forage  crops  permit  grazing  all  through  the 


“winter”  months.  The  land  will  grow  good  crops  of  corn,  | 
and  the  county  in  every  section  is  well  supplied  with  I 
pure  water,  and  few  farms  are  so  situated  that  the  fields  1 
are  not  well  watered.  The  home  markets  furnish  a far  1 
larger  demand  for  beef  and  pork  and  dairy  products  | 
than  can  be  supplied  at  present  without  calling  upon  the  | 
North,  and  the  State  is  far  from  producing  at  present  | 
the  mules  and  horses  which  are  needed  for  farm,  mine  1 
and  factory  use,  though  there  are  as  fine  advantages  for  j 
raising  them  as  are  to  be  found  in  the  regions  from  | 
which  the  greatest  number  come. 

Stock  Raising 

The  requisites  of  profitable  stock  raising  are  the  |- 
grasses  and  other  foods.  The  list  of  grasses  and  forage  | 
crops  which  have  been  given  show  that  Madison  County  1 
is  better  fixed  for  grazing  and  feeding  stock  than  are  | 
the  stock  growing  states  of  the  West.  One  stock  food  § 
which  is  without  a superior  in  the  cheap  production  of  § 
beef  is  cotton  seed  meal,  and  that  is  a Madison  County  | 
product.  | 

Horses  and  Mules 

In  the  Tennessee  Valley  are  stock  farms  that  are  pro-  1 
ducing  the  finest  horses  and  mules.  They  show  that  | 
this  industry  needs  only  to  be  carried  on  by  the  farmers  | 
to  give  them  the  best  results.  Beef  is  produced  in  Mad-  § 
ison  County  at  3 to  4 cents  a pound.  A Northern  farmer  1 
in  the  Tennessee  Valley  sold  in  1910  two  steers  which  | 
weighed  3,780  pounds  and  which  brou  ,ht  him  $207.90.  | 
This  farmer  raises  graded  stock,  a cro..s  of  short-horns  | 
and  scrubs.  In  the  sandy  soil  regioiu  men  who  have  j 
given  attention  to  the  industry  have  f ,und  that  they  are  | 
able  to  cheaply  produce  good  beef,  and  in  that  section  I 
the  industry  is  growing. 

Beef 

A representative  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agricul-  | 
ture  recently  said:  “As  fine  beef  cattle  can  be  made  in  | 
both  the  alfalfa  and  sandy  sections  of  Alabama  as  in  | 
any  section  of  the  United  States,  and  I am  of  the  opin-  | 
ion  that  cattle  can  be  grown  more  cheaply  here  than  in  | 
any  other  section.”  There  is  no  need,  however,  to  look  1 
to  the  North  for  a market  at  present,  and  will  not  be  | 
until  Alabama  and  other  Southern  States  have  gone  into  | 
the  stock  business  on  a sufficient  scale  to  make  them  | 
shippers  instead  of  consumers  of  meat  products.  That  | 
such  a period  will  speedily  arrive  there  is  no  doubt,  for  | 
they  have  the  lands  and  the  advantages  to  bring  it  | 
about,  and  the  work  of  enterprising  people  and  the  edu-  | 
cation  of  the  farmers  along  stock  growing  lines,  as  well  | 
as  the  influx  of  farmers  from  other  sections  have  start-  | 
ed  a stock  growing  interest  that  is  rapidly  spreading. 


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i Hogs 

| For  hogs  there  is  the  same  advantage  in  Madison 
1 County  as  there  is  for  cattle.  The  conditions  are  all  in 
| favor  of  the  cheapest  production  of  pork.  It  has  been 
| produced  as  low  as  two  cents  a pound.  For  the  hog 
| Madison  County  has  such  crops  as  alfalfa,  cowpeas,  soy 
| beans,  rape,  Canada  peas,  rye,  clover,  peanuts,  chufas, 
| sweet  potatoes,  turnips,  which  are  often  raised  for  swine 
| food,  and  the  grasses.  There  is  a succession  of  crops 
| throughout  the  year  and  the  hog  can  usually  get  his  liv- 
| ing  from  the  field,  with  the  minimum  fattening  for  mar- 
1 ket.  Experimental  work  at  the  Auburn  station  showed 
| gains  in  the  hogs  at  a cost  of  $1.96  a hundred  pounds 
| with  corn  and  soy  bean  pasture  and  $2.28  on  corn  and 
| peanut  pasture.  The  cheapest  gains  are  made  by  hogs 
1 on  pasture  and  on  leguminous  crops.  This  fact  gives  to 
1 the  Southern  States,  like  Alabama,  a great  advantage 
| over  the  North  in  producing  cheap  pork.  One  farmer, 
| who  sells  $6,000  to  $8,000  worth  of  hogs  each  year  says 
I he  makes  his  pork  at  four  cents  a pound.  Other  authori- 
1 ties  agree  that  the  cost  is  from  three  to  four  cents. 

1 Through  the  kindness  of  Col.  W.  F.  Garth,  the  owner 
| of  Piedmont  Stock  Farm,  we  give  some  of  its  early  his- 
| tory  and  its  present  high  standing  in  the  live  stock 
I world. 


Then  Sentinel  Wilkes  2499  was  brought  to  Piedmont, 
and  he  too  began  to  sire  speed,  getting  such  performers 
as  Texas,  2. 10%,  Johnny  Smoker,  2.10%,  and  Valleau, 
2.11,  and  he  too  through  his  daughters  is  proving  that 
his  was  prepotent  blood. 

The  next  stallion  of  note  brought  to  the  farm  was  Re- 
Election,  2.23%  (13219).  His  has  proven  a Golden  Cross 
for  any  blood  crossed  with  it.  In  the  first  cross  he  has 
sired  such  performers  as  Fair  Margaret,  2.07%,  Refina, 
2.08%,  Capt.  Sampson,  2.10%,  and  his  daughters  have 
produced  such  sterling  race  horses  as  King  Clansman, 
2.06%,  Dan,  2.09%,  etc. 

The  next  stallion  placed  at  the  head  of  the  farm  was 
the  Clansman,  2.12%  (40942).  He  was  bred  at  Piedmont 
and  is  already  (although  a young  horse,  with  opportuni- 
ties not  the  best)  the  sire  of  King  Clansman,  2.06%,  one 
of  the  largest  money  winners  of  the  past  season;  Cles- 
tine  Trial,  2.08  (and  if  she  had  been  driven  with  rubber 
reins  would  have  proven  a sensational  three-year-old), 
and  others. 

The  brood  mares  are  in  keeping  with  the  stallions  and 
many  other  winners  have  been  turned  out  by  this  farm. 

There  is  also  a very  fine  herd  of  Berkshire  hogs  on 
this  place,  headed  by  the  Junior  Champion  yearling  boar 
of  1912  Champion’s  Royal. 


IT  IS  ESTIMATED  THAT  ONE  ACRE  OF  ALFALFA  IN  MADISON  COUNTY  WILL  PRODUCE  1,000  POUNDS  OF  PORK. 


Thoroughbreds 

| The  conviction  that  the  great  Tennessee  Valley  was 
| perfectly  adapted  to  the  growing  of  all  kinds  of  live 
1 stock,  and  particularly  high-bred  horses,  is  shown  by 
| reading  some  old  turf  notes  written  in  the  early  part  of 
I the  nineteenth  century,  when  such  men  as  Jackson,  of 
| Colbert  County;  McLares  of  Morgan  County;  Capt.  Nico- 
1 las  Davis,  of  Limestone  County;  and  the  Majors  Board- 
| man  and  Turner  and  others  of  this  county,  were  engaged 
| in  breeding  and  racing  thoroughbreds.  At  that  time 
I many  of  the  best  of  the  old-time  thoroughbreds  were  im- 
| ported  by  one  or  the  other  of  these  men,  among  which 
| were  Leviathan,  Glencoe,  and  many  others;  their  studs 
| were  among  the  very  best  in  the  country. 

I Knowing  that  if  they  were  successful  in  breeding  the 
| best  thoroughbreds  that  the  trotter  would  just  as  nat- 
| urally  thrive  on  the  succulent  pastures  of  our  limestone 
| land,  where  we  have  nearly  twelve  months  of  sunshine 
| and  few  days  when  stock  of  any  kind  have  to  be  housed. 
I With  these  thoughts  in  mind  Piedmont  Farm  was  estab- 
| lished  in  a modest  way  in  1887,  and  has  steadily  grown 
| until  its  present  proportions  were  attained. 

| The  first  stallion  of  note  at  the  head  of  this  farm  was 
| Bosticks  Altemont,  Jr.,  1764,  who  at  that  time  was  re- 
| garded  one  of  the  greatest  sires  of  the  South;  after  com- 
il ing  to  Piedmont,  among  others  he  sired  Miss  Willamont, 
| 2.07%,  and  Arlington,  2.09%,  the  value  of  his  blood 
| through  his  daughters  has  continued  to  assert  itself. 


A nice  herd  of  Jerseys  are  kept  on  this  place  and  the  | 
owners  are  contemplating  putting  the  Herefords  as  the  | 
production  of  beef  cattle  now  offers  many  inducements.  | 

As  has  been  said  before,  with  the  salubrious  climate  | 
and  fertile  lands  of  this  God-favored  section,  no  part  of  | 
the  United  States  can  produce  a better  grade  of  live  1 
stock  from  the  lordly  trotter  to  the  practical  beef  cow  1 
and  money  getting  hog  at  as  small  a cost,  quality  con-  | 
sidered,  than  the  county  of  Madison  in  the  Great  State  | 
of  Alabama.  Piedmont  Farm  has  been  the  pioneer  in  | 
this  undertaking  and  from  an  all  cotton  farm  began  di-  1 
versifying  many  years  ago.  And  while  yield  of  cotton  1 
in  1914  was  about  three-fourths  of  a bale  to  the  acre  the  | 
corn  crop  was  over  50  bushels  to  the  acre  and  the  wheat  | 
averaged  27  bushels.  What  was  done  years  ago  at  g 
Piedmont  the  low  price  of  cotton  is  now  forcing  others  to  | 
do,  and  no  section  will  respond  more  rapidly  to  the  im-  j 
proved  methods  of  farming  than  this,  and  the  price  of  | 
land  will  more  than  double  in  the  next  five  years. 

Headquarters  for  the  Tennessee  Valley  Berkshire  j 
Association.  This  Association  is  the  owner  of  the  Cham-  I 
pion  Royal,  $760.00  boar. 

Numbers  of  cars  of  fine  cattle  shipped  in  for  breeding  | 
purposes.  The  eradication  of  the  tick  enables  cattle  to  1 
be  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Ex-Secretary  Wilson  and  Secretary  Houston,  of  the  1 
U.  S.  Agricultural  Department,  both  stated  that  the  1 
United  States  must  look  to  the  South  for  the  raising  of  | 
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cattle,  as  the  climate  of  these  states  allowed  grazing  the 
year  round. 

The  following  is  the  1910  Government  Census  from  the 
Thirteenth  Bulletin  on  Agriculture  in  Madison  County: 


Government  Report 

Population  47,041 

Population  in  1900 43,702 

Number  of  all  farms 5,854 

Number  of  all  farms  in  1900 5,142 

Color  and  nativity  of  farmers: 

Native  white 3,244 

Foreign-born  white 15 

Negro  and  other  nonwhite 2,595 

Number  of  farms,  classified  by  size: 

Under  3 acres 1 

3 to  9 acres 113 

10  to  19  acres 497 

20  to  49  acres 2,831 


Land  6,679,591 

Land  in  1900 3,695,365 

Buildings  2,074,182 

Buildings  in  1900 1,087,225 

Implements  and  machinery 432,107 

Implements,  etc.,  in  1900 290,680 

Domestic  animals,  poultry,  and  bees 1,761,262 

Domestic  animals,  etc.,  in  1900 950,531 

Per  cent  of  value  of  all  property  in — 

Land  61.0 

Buildings  18.9 

Implements  and  machinery 3.9 

Domestic  animals,  poultry,  and  bees 16.1 

Average  values: 

All  property  per  farm $1,870 

Land  and  buildings  per  farm  1,495 

Lard  per  acre 16.34 

Land  per  acre  in  1900 9.48 


PUKE  BRED  SHORT  HORN  HERDS  ARE  INCREASING  IN  THE  VALLEY  OF  THE  TENNESSEE. 


1 50  to  99  acres * 1,328 

| 100  to  174  acres . 659 

1 175  to  259  acres 215 

1 260  to  499  acres 150 

| 500  to  999  acres ; 54 

I 1,000  acres  and  over 6 

Land  and  Farm  Area 

| Approximate  land  area  acres...  519,040 

| Land  in  farms  acres..  408,781 

| Land  in  farms  in  1900  acres...  389,970 

1 Improved  land  in  farms acres...  245,056 

| Improved  land  in  farms  in  1900  acres...  225,384 

| Woodland  in  farms acres...  141,899 

| Other  unimproved  land  in  farms acres...  21,826 

| Per  cent  of  land  area  in  farms 78.8 

| Per  cent  of  farm  land  improved 59.9 

| Average  acres  per  farm : 69.8 

1 Average  improved  acres  per  farm 41.9 

Value  of  Farm  Property 

1 All  farm  property $10,947,142 

1 All  farm  property  in  1900 6,023,801 

| Per  cent  increase,  1900-1910 81.7 


Domestic  Animals  (Farms  and  Ranges) 


Farms  reporting  domestic  animals 5,534  g 

Value  of  domestic  animals  dollars...  1,708,895  g 

Cattle : 

Total  number 19,181  | 

Dairy  cows 8,362  § 

Other  cows 2,760  g 

Yearling  heifers 2,776  | 

Calves  2,912  | 

Yearling  steers  and  bulls 1,593  | 

Other  steers  and  bulls 778  | 

Value  dollars...  282,628  g 

Horses: 

Total  number 4,840  | 

Mature  horses 4,305  | 

Yearling  colts 344  g 

Spring  colts - 191  1 

Value  dollars...  482,029  | 

Mules:  1 

Total  number 7,259  | 

Mature  mules 7,008  | 

Yearling  colts 194  | 

Spring  colts - 57  g 

Value  dollars...  828,416  g 


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Color  and  nativity  of  tenants: 


Native  white 

Foreign-born  white 

Negro  and  other  nonwhite 

1,728 

3 

2,168 

Farms  Operated  by  Managers 

Number  of  farms 

Number  of  farms  in  1900 

Land  in  farms 

Improved  land  in  farms 

acres... 

acres... 

22 

34 

7,467 

3,674 

273,373 

Value  of  land  and  buildings 

dollars... 

Mortgage  Debt  Reports 


1,238  1 
656  | 
39  | 

415  1 
1,254,415  1 
376,209  1 
30.0  | 

Live  Stock  Products 


For  all  farms  operated  by  owners: 

Number  free  from  mortgage  debt 

Number  with  mortgage  debt 

Number  with  no  mortgage  report 

For  farms  consisting  of  owned  land  only: 

Number  reporting  debt  and  amount. 

Value  of  their  land  and  buildings dollars... 

Amount  of  mortgage  debt dollars... 

Per  cent  of  value  of  land  and  buildings 


Asses  and  burros: 


Number  ... 

Value  

...dollars... 

50 

6,077 

Swine : 

Total  number * 

Mature  hogs 

Spring  pigs 

Value  

...dollars... 

20,810 

15,132 

5,678 

96,096 

Sheep: 

Total  number 

Rams,  ewes,  and  wethers 

Spring  lambs 

Value 

...dollars... 

3,588 

2,245 

1,343 

11,151 

Goats: 

Number  

Value  

...dollars... 

1,576 

2,498 

Poultry  and  Rees 

Number  of  poultry  of  all  kinds 

Value  

Number  of  colonies  of  bees * 

Value  

..dollars... 

..dollars... 

129,203 

49,728 

1,363 

2,639 

Farms  Operated  by  Owners 

Number  of  farms 

Number  of  farms  in  1900 

Per  cent  of  all  farms 

Per  cent  of  all  farms  in  1900 

Land  in  farms... acres 

Improved  land  in  farms acres 

Value  of  land  and  buildings dollars 

Degree  of  ownership: 

Farms  consisting  of  owned  land  only 1. 

Farms  consisting  of  owned  and  hired  land 

Color  and  nativity  of  owners: 

Native  white 

Foreign-born  white 

Negro  and  other  nonwhite 

Farms  Operated  by  Tenants 


Number  of  farms 3,899 

Number  of  farms  in  1900 3,291 

Per  cent  of  all  farms 66.6 

Per  cent  of  all  farms  in  1900 64.0 

Land  in  farms acres...  162,624 

Improved  land  in  farms acres...  129,831 

Value  of  land  and  buildings dollars...  3,843,016 

Form  of  tenancy: 

Share  tenants : 2,381 

Share-cash  tenants 53 

Cash  tenants 1,424 

Tenure  not  specified 41 


1,933 
1,817 
33.0 
35.3 
...  238,690 

...  111,551 

...  4,637,384 

1,403 

530 

1,496 

12 

425 


Dairy  Products 


Dairy  cows  on  farms  reporting  dairy  products  7,321 

Dairy  cows  on  farms  reporting  milk  produced...  7,115 


Milk- — Produced  

Sold  

gallons... 

gallons... 

1,970,687 

67,646 

95 

Cream  sold 

gallons... 

Butter  fat  sold 

Butter — Produced  

Sold  

......  pounds... 

' pounds... 

pounds .. 

681,933 

104,617 

Cheese — Produced 

pounds... 

Sold  

pounds... 

A CONCRETE  SILO  UNDER  CONSTRUCTION.  UNIQUE  IN 
THAT  A WATER  TANK  WILL  OCCUPY  THE  TOP 
OF  THE  STRUCTURE. 


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Value  of  dairy  products,  excluding  home  use 


of  milk  and  cream dollars...  141,540 

Receipts  from  sale  of  dairy  products dollars...  33,995 

Poultry  Products 

Poultry — Raised  number...  220,458 

Sold  number...  50,830 

Eggs — Produced  dozens...  661,306 

Sold  dozens...  333,851 

Value  of  poultry  and  eggs  produced dollars...  169,325 

Receipts  from  sale  of  poultry  and  eggs. dollars...  72,638 

Honey  and  Wax 

Honey  produced pounds...  , 8,688 

Wax  produced pounds...  418 

Value  of  honey  and  wax  nroduced dollars...  1,093 


Wool,  Mohair,  and  Goat  Hair 

Wool,  fleeces  shorn number...  1,576 

Mohair  and  goat  hair,  fleeces  shorn number...  6 

Value  of  wool  and  mohair  produced dollars...  1,294 

Domestic  Animals  Sold  or  Slaughtered 

Calves — Sold  or  slaughtered number...  1,144 

Other  cattle — Sold  or  slaughtered number...  8,380 

Horses,  mules,  and  asses  and  burros — 

sold  number...  710 

Swine — Sold  or  slaughtered number...  17,036 

Sheep  and  goats — Sold  or  slaugh- 
tered   number...  1,309 

Receipts  from  sale  of  animals dollars...  246,276 

Value  of  animals  slaughtered dollars...  189,080 


HUNTSVILLE 

The  Undisputed  Queen  of  the  Tennessee  Valley 
By  P.  O.  AIKEN,  Secretary  Huntsville  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


1 The  city  of  Huntsville  is  one  of  the  most  progressive 
| cities  in  the  South.  Her  commercial  enterprises,  the 
1 foundation  of  any  city’s  life,  are  large  and  varied.  The 
I educational  advantages  are  well  abreast  of  the  commer- 
| cial  and  industrial  activities,  and  the  religious  and  social 
| life  of  the  beautiful  old  town  are  all  that  the  most  fas- 
| tidious  could  possibly  desire. 

| Huntsville  is  the  seat  of  Madison  County  and  is  in  the 
| heart  of  the  celebrated  Tennessee  Valley,  surrounded 
I by  a large  and  fertile  agricultural,  cotton,  fruit  and  stock 
1 raising  country,  making  it  the  most  important  commer- 
| cial  center  of  the  entire  valley  territory.  As  a cotton 
1 manufacturing  point  Huntsville  is  today  without  a rival 
I in  this  entire  section. 


States.  This  is  a distinction  any  section  should  be  proud 
of,  as  it  is  the  most  vital  factor  in  the  life  of  any  com- 
munity. During  the  Civil  War  the  Federals  used  Hunts- 
ville as  an  army  hospital  and  supply  station.  During 
the  Spanish- American  War  it  was  again  chosen  by  the 
government  as  a health  camp  for  soldiers  returning 
from  the  fever  laden  sections  of  the  tropics. 

Tourists  are  familial;  with  what  is  known  as  the  old 
Southern  style  of  architecture.  If  they  were  to  visit 
Huntsville  and  Madison  County,  they  would  find  many 
examples  of  these  beautiful  old  homes  at  their  best.  The 
long  driveway  flanked  by  majestic  trees  on  either  side; 
the  beds  of  old  fashioned  perennials;  and,  above  all,  the 
stately  mansion  with  its  stone  portico,  Grecian  columns 


TYPES  OF  SOUTHERN  HOMES. 


The  water  supply  of  the  city  is  far  above  the  average, 
and  to  the  “back  to  nature”  advocate  this  should  com- 
mend itself,  as  the  water  supply  for  the  entire  city 
comes  from  a mammoth  spring  which  has  a daily  capac- 
ity of  24,000,000  gallons  of  sparkling  water,  its  purity 
proven  by  government  test. 

The  population  in  1910  was  7,611,  but  the  city’s  cor- 
porate limits  have  not  been  extended  for  one  hundred 
years;  in  reality  they  were  reduced  in  1909.  Including 
the  manufacturing  districts  just  outside  the  city  limits 
the  population  is  22,000. 

Owing  to  the  altitude,  the  mild  climate,  the  freedom 
from  malaria,  and  the  pure  water  and  cleanliness, 
Huntsville  is  the  healthiest  place  to  be  found  anywhere. 
The  recent  report  of  the  surgeon  general  of  the  United 
States  army  actually  shows  Huntsville  and  Madison 
County  to  be  the  second  healthiest  district  in  the  United 


and  purely  classic  facade.  These  handsome  old  South- 
ern houses  are  among  the  best  of  the  colonial  type  in  the 
United  States,  and  those  in  Huntsville  are  true  to  type. 

The  climate  is  mild,  even  in  winter  is  pleasant,  and 
much  sought  by  Northern  people  who  wish  to  escape  the 
severity  of  the  winters  at  home.  Monte  Sano,  a roman- 
tic mountain  peak,  is  a summer  resort,  maijy  cottages 
being  built  there  for  summer  vacationists.  The  eleva- 
tion of  this  legend  laden  mount  is  1,700  feet.  No  tourist 
should  leave  Huntsville  without  a visit  to  Monte  Sano. 

Madison  County  has  over  four  hundred  miles  of  splen- 
did roads  under  the  supervision  of  a competent  engineer. 
With  the  Dixie  Highway  and  the  Jackson  Highway  in 
view,  it  is  easy  to  see  what  good  roads  will  eventually 
mean  to  the  progressive  people  of  this  country.  The 
county  has  an  area  of  eight  hundred  miles  and  had  a 
population  of  47,041  in  1910.  The  county  spends  annual- 


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| ly  $50,000.00  for  new  roads,  this  amount  being  more 
| than  a dollar  a year  for  each  inhabitant. 

1 Madison  County  having  rid  herself  of  the  Southern 
| cattle  tick  is  rapidly  becoming  a great  cattle  producing 
1 section  and  it  is  predicted,  and  on  just  grounds,  that  this 
1 portion  of  the  country  will  soon  be  one  of  the  greatest 
| beef  and  pork  producing  sections  of  the  United  States, 
j In  fact,  it  is  said  that  this  section  of  north  Alabama  is 
1 the  only  section  in  the  United  States  that  if  walled  off 
1 from  all  outside  communication,  would  be  self-sustain- 
| ing;  she  has  the  coal  and  iron  for  her  commercial  pur- 
| poses  and  can  raise  the  food  and  clothing  for  her  inhab- 
| itants. 

1 A crop  failure  has  never  been  known,  as  the  soil  of  the 
| Tennessee  Valley  is  a deep  red  clay,  usually  forty  to 
| sixty  feet  to  bed  rock.  It  is  susceptible  of  a high  state 
| of  cultivation,  well  drained,  yet  holding  moisture  in  the 
| immense  clay  reservoir  for  times  of  deficient  rainfall. 

| The  farming  lands  of  Madison  County  are  located 
1 near  the  great  phosphate  beds  of  Tennessee,  and  the 
| development  of  Muscle  Shoals  on  the  Tennessee  River, 
| the  greatest  hydro-electric  power  in  the  United  States, 
| will  not  only  make  this  valley  the  leading  manufacturing 
1 center  of  the  world  but  will  give  the  farmers  cheap  ni- 
| trates  and  by  their  use  coupled  with  the  cheap  phos- 
1 phates  and  the  inexhaustible  supply  of  potash  contained 
| in  these  soils,  will  enable  the  farmers  to  make  their 
| already  productive  lands  produce  crops  greatly  in  excess 
| of  their  normal  production.  But  the  Tennessee  Valley 
1 is  not  dependent  upon  commercial  nitrates  for  it  is  the 
1 home  of  alfalfa,  red,  alsike,  crimson,  Japanese,  and  bur 
| clovers,  and  of  the  cow  pea,  velvet  bean,  vetches  and 
| other  leguminous  crops. 

| The  production  of  wheat,  fall  sown  oats  and  corn  is 
1 equal  to  the  production  in  the  famous  grain  producing 
I sections  of  the  North. 

| The  silos,  those  towers  of  prosperity,  are  springing  up 
| over  the  entire  county  as  though  by  magic,  an  impetus 
| to  the  importation  of  blooded  sires  and  dams  as  a means 
I of  improving  our  already  good  grades  of  native  stock. 

J Lands  located  on  the  four  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of 
| hard  surface  roads  within  the  county’s  borders  sell  from 
1 twenty-five  to  fifty  dollars  per  acre,  depending  upon  the 
| improvements  and  distance  from  town. 

I A homeseeker  who  wishes  to  escape  the  rigors  of  the 
| Northern  winter,  the  perplexing  labor  problem  and  the 
| long  feeding  period  will  be  welcome  to  this  county  where 
1 climatic  conditions  enable  him  to  work  outdoors  almost 
| every  day  in  the  year  and  produce  two  crops  on  the  same 
| land.  He  will  produce  the  same  crops  and  raise  the 
| same  live  stock  that  he  raised  at  his  former  home  at  less 
| expense  with  a ready  market  at  his  very  door,  without 
| having  to  encounter  the  inconvenience  of  the  settler  in  a 
I pioneer  country  that  has  not  the  roads,  schools,  churches 
| and  social  conditions  that  he  will  find  in  this  county. 

| It  is  here  in  the  beautiful  Tennessee  Valley  that  the 
| hardy  grains  and  grasses  of  the  North  meet  the  cotton 
| plant  of  the  South  in  a congenial  soil  that  enables  them 
| to  produce  their  maximum  yield. 

| The  commercial  and  industrial  enterprises  of  Hunts- 
| ville,  while  of  unusual  importance,  are  by  no  means  all 
| that  is  worth-while  regarding  this  thriving  city.  The 
| surrounding  country  is  unusually  beautiful  and  pic- 
| turesque.  Just  visualize  for  yourself  a succession  of 
I fertile  valleys  in  the  height  of  a luxuriant  cultivation; 
| wide  fields  on  every  side,  rich  with  their  several  crops; 
| orchards  in  the  bloom  of  spring  or  heavy  with  their 
| luscious  fruits;  and  with  purple  mountain  peaks  dropped 
| around  in  the  most  effective  spots,  all  showing  against 
I a beautiful  sky  line;  with  smooth  level  roads  like  white 
I ribbons  unfurling  before  you;  brooks  of  crystal  water 
| purling  along,  making  a soft  accompaniment  to  the 
| songs  of  birds;  and  you  will  have  a mild  approach  to 
| what  a drive  through  Madison  County,  Alabama,  may 
1 mean  in  the  summer  season. 


TYPE  OF  SUSPENSION  TOWER  USED  BY  THE  POWER  COM- 
PANIES. A FAMILIAR  SIGHT  IN  ALABAMA. 


For  detailed  information  concerning  Madison  County 
and  the  city  of  Huntsville,  for  the  names  of  land  own- 
ers, real  estate  dealers,  lists  of  lands  for  sale,  maps,  and 
a description  of  our  special  industrial,  commercial  and 
agricultural  opportunities,  write  to  the 


| CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE, 

Huntsville,  Ala., 

| P.  O.  Aiken,  General  Secretary. 

For  special  bargains  in  Madison  County,  write  to 

J.  E.  PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Building,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

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MARENGO  COUNTY 


ARENGO  COUNTY  was  formed  February  7, 
1818,  when  Linden  was  chosen  as  the  county 
seat.  The  county  contains  950  square  miles. 
The  western  boundary  is  the  Tombigbee  River, 
and  the  eastern  boundary  is,  in  part,  the  ridge 
I that  separates  the  watershed  between  that  stream  and 
I the  Alabama  River. 

| The  leading  crops  are  cotton,  corn,  small  grains, 
| grasses,  clovers,  sugar  cane,  etc.  All  parts  of  the 
I county  are  healthy.  The  climate  is  never  so  cold  or  so 
j hot  as  to  prevent  outdoor  work  every  day  in  the  year. 

| The  live  stock  industry  is  opening  up  with  flattering 
1 prospects  in  the  canebrake  country.  A number  of  large 
J farms  are  already  devoted  to  the  raising  of  cattle  and 
| hogs.  The  industry  may  be  considered  past  the  experi- 
I mental  stage.  The  climate  and  the  soil  prove  that  the 
| kind  of  live  stock  that  gives  character  to  Kentucky  can 
| be  raised  to  perfection  on  these  lands.  This  fact  is  not 
i due  to  experience  under  modern  conditions  only;  on  the 
| old  plantations  mules,  horses,  hogs  and  cattle  bred  and 
I raised  in  that  section  of  the  country  were  known  to  be 


CORN  CLUB  PLOT  OF  ORMAN  COATES,  DEMOPOLIS,  ALA. 


CURING  THE  SEASON  S FOURTH  CROP  OF  ALFALFA, 
NEAR  DEMOPOLIS. 


unsurpassed  in  the  United  States.  Some  of  the  most 
illustrious  racers  on  the  turf  were  bred  in  Marengo 
County. 

Melilotus  was  introduced  in  the  canebrake  section  as 
early  as  1852.  The  growing  of  alfalfa  was  first  begun 
along  the  Bigbee  River  near  Demopolis,  where  it  estab- 
lished the  reputation  that  accounts  for  its  later  success- 
ful production. 

The  “alfalfa  district”  of  Marengo  covers  five-sixths  of 
the  county  and  every  crop  that  live  stock  may  profitably 
consume  can  be  grown  in  this  district.  Artesian  wells 
are  plentiful.  The  winters  do  not  prevent  well  known 
winter  crops  being  used  for  grazing.  Lands  about 
Demopolis  that  were  opened  by  French  colonists  now 
yield  three  or  four  mowings  a season  from  alfalfa,  in 
heavy  tonnage. 

The  character  of  the  population  of  the  county  is  apace 
with  the  natural  advantages.  Education  and  religious 
observance  are  general  and  active  influences.  Society  is 
refined,  intelligent  and  ambitious. 


MARION  COUNTY 


HIS  is  a western  border  county,  abutting  on  the 
Mississippi  line,  798  square  miles,  formed  by 
the  territorial  legislature  in  1818,  named  for 
General  Francis  Marion,  the  Revolutionary 
War  hero. 


| The  general  character  of  the  surface  is  broken.  A 
| natural  phenomenon  is  called  by  the  natives  “rock 
| houses;”  that  is,  overhanging  ledges  or  cliffs  where  grow 
| ferns  of  great  abundance  and  rare  beauty. 

| The  western  precincts  are  notably  fertile.  The  lands 
I are  hardly  surpassed  for  farming.  The  climate  is  equa- 
| ble,  the  water  good  and  abundant  and  the  supply  of 
| wood  ample. 

| The  farms  generally  are  good  and  live  stock  does  re- 
1 markably  well.  The  county  is  drained  by  the  Butta- 
| hatchee  River  and  its  numerous  tributaries.  Thus  the 


best  water  in  abundance  in  many  places  is  ready  for  the 
live  stock  farm  and  the  fertile  soil. 

The  forest  is  prolific  in  merchantable  timber,  where 
wild  game,  turkeys,  deer,  etc.,  live.  The  most  abun- 
dant specimens  are  varieties  of  red  and  white  oak,  post 
oak,  short  leaf  pine,  sweet  and  black  gum,  chestnut,  pop- 
lar, cherry,  beech  and  bay. 

The  perennial  streams  invite  the  use  of  power  for 
manufacturing.  There  are  two  cotton  mills  on  Bear 
Creek.  The  climate  of  Marion  County  is  bracing  and 
delightful. 

Hamilton,  the  county  seat,  Darlington,  Guinn,  Win- 
field and  Barnesville  are  live  trade  centers.  The  court 
house  and  jail  are  of  special  merit  in  their  class.  Two 
trunk  lines  of  railroads  penetrate  the  county.  The 
State  educational  system  is  in  active  operation  and  the 
religious  sentiment  is  well  maintained. 


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MARSHALL  COUNTY 


| Terry  Machen  produced  160  2/3  bushels  of  corn  on  one  tobacco  is  A good  crop  in  the  Tennessee  valley.  § 

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THIS  is  one  of  Alabama’s  average  counties  in 

size,  having  428,760  acres.  Marshall  is  bisect- 
ed by  the  course  of  the  Tennessee  River  in  a 
peculiar  way.  The  stream  enters  from  the 
northeastern  corner  and  flows  to  the  center. 
Checked  there  by  the  appearance  of  mountain  spurs,  the 
water  turns  abruptly  to  the  northwest  corner.  This 
precipitate  turn  of  course  from  southeast  to  northwest 
is  at  the  county  seat,  Guntersville.  Guntersville  is  almost 
due  north  from  Gadsden,  the  head  of  navigation  on  the 
Coosa  River. 

Commerce  of  the  county  is  served  by  the  Tennessee 
River  passing  through  its  entire  width  and  by  two  trunk 
railroad  lines.  One  directly  northward  to  Nashville  and 
Chattanooga,  the  other  reaching  all  points  southward. 

The  official  survey  of  this  county  shows  a variety  of 
agricultural  soils.  What  is  known  as  the  “Huntington 
lily  clay  loam”  is  much  esteemed.  When  treated  by 
competent  methods  it  must  take  rank  with  land  of  first 
class.  It  yields  oats  forty  to  sixty  bushels  without  arti- 
ficial fertilizers,  corn  60  to  75  bushels  to  the  acre.  Clo- 
ver and  certain  grasses  produce  abundantly.  Farm 
lands  of  this  class  are  held  at  from  $25.00  to  $100.00 
the  acre. 

The  principal  crops  are  corn  and  cotton.  There  is 
plenty  of  timber;  pine,  ash,  sycamore,  elm,  etc.  The 
climate  is  considered  perfect.  The  elevation  is  600  to 
1,400  feet. 


A call  at  the  Alabama  booth  in  the  Chicago  Herald’s 
Permanent  Bureau  of  Industries  and  Natural  Resources, 
corner  Clark  and  Randolph  streets,  Chicago,  111.,  will 
prove  of  inestimable  value  to  those  seeking  information 
about  the  best  and  cheapest  lands  in  the  United  States 
today. 


| Rowan  McElroy  produced  145  3/16  bushels  of  corn  on 
| one  acre  of  whitish  sandy  soil  with  red  clay  sub-soil  in 
| Sumter  County,  Alabama. 


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Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

ONE-YEAR-OLD  SATSUMA  ORCHARD,  MOBILE  COUNTY. 


MOBILE  COUNTY 

By  W.  M.  CLEMENS,  General  Secretary  Mobile  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


OBILE  COUNTY  is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the 
Mobile  River  and  Mobile  Bay  and  on  the  south 
by  Mississippi  Sound  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  is 
in  the  extreme  southwest  corner  of  Alabama, 
adjoining  Mississippi. 

| Mobile,  the  county  seat,  is  the  second  largest  city  in 
| the  State,  having  a population  estimated  in  1915  at 
| 75,000  and  is  the  deep  water  port  of  the  State,  being 
| located  at  the  mouth  of  the  second  largest  river  system 
| in  the  United  States. 

| The  Warrior  and  Tombigbee  rivers,  improved  by  the 
| government  at  a cost  of  tw'elve  million  dollars,  brings 
| to  this  port  the  products  of  the  great  mineral  district 
| of  Alabama  of  which  Birmingham  is  the  center.  Mobile’s 
| port  with  a straight  channel,  28  feet  deep  and  over,  30 
| miles  long  to  the  Gulf,  is  80  miles  closer  to  the  Gulf  than 
I New  Orleans. 


Good  Port  Facilities 

| It  is  the  nearest  gulf  port  to  Chicago  and  the  nearest 
| and  only  port  on  a bee  line  to  the  entrance  of  the  Pan- 
| ama  Canal.  Cotton,  lumber  and  naval  stores  have  been 
| its  principal  exports,  but  it  is  now  also  the  cheapest 
| coaling  port  in  the  world,  since  coal  has  begun  to  come 
| down  the  Warrior  River. 


Agricultural  Growth 

Agriculturally  Mobile  has  experienced  a remarkable  | 
growth  in  a comparatively  few  years,  due  to  the  fact  | 
that  the  adaptability  of  its  soil  for  practically  all  prod-  | 
ucts  was  almost  unknown  during  the  generations  | 
when  lumber  and  turpentine  companies  held  enormous  j 
tracts  of  land  for  other  purposes  than  farming.  The  g 
really  great  impetus  in  truck  farming  followed  closely  | 
upon  the  final  cutting  of  timber  lands  and  the  attracting  | 
of  Northerners  and  Westerners  more  experienced  in  | 
modern  scientific  farming  than  the  native  farmers.  In  | 
fact  so  accustomed  had  many  of  the  local  people  become  g 
to  considering  these  cut-over  lands  worthless,  that  there  g 
are  still  to  this  day  many  opportunities  to  pick  up,  at  | 
astonishingly  low  prices,  tracts  of  land  as  easily  subject  | 
to  improvement  and  profitable  cultivation  as  other  § 
tracts  now  fully  developed  and  very  valuable. 

Soil  Adaptability 

This  does  not  mean  that  strangers  are  advised  to  buy  j 
a few  acres,  sight  unseen,  and  expect  to  make  a good  g 
living  from  them.  Homeseekers  should  know  what  they  1 
are  buying  and  also  should  have  enough  money  to  buy  1 
at  least  from  20  to  40  acres  and  develop  it  properly,  with  | 


= Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

KOUR-YEAR-OLD  SATSUMA  ORANGE  GROVE, 
MOBILE  COUNTY. 


Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

GRAPE  ARBOR  NEAR  MOBILE.  A SINGLE  VINE  CREATES  I 
THIS  CHARMING  EFFECT. 


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a margin  to  live  on  in  the  meantime.  Mobile  land  is 
good,  but  it  does  not  perform  miracles. 

The  height  of  the  land  above  sea-level,  is  only  of  con- 
sequence in  planning  different  developments,  and  there 
is  a great  variety  of  choice.  Mobile  County  land  rises 
gradually  from  a few  feet  above  sea  level  to  an  extreme 
altitude  of  366  feet,  and  there  is  a large  area  at  from 
150  to  300  feet. 

To  enumerate  the  products  that  will  grow  successfully 
in  Mobile  County  soil,  it  is  easiest  to  mention  those  that 
have  not  been  grown  successfully  so  far.  The  soil  is  not 
recommended  for  wheat  or  alfalfa,  and  while  many  ap- 
ples are  grown  here,  they  are  not  grown  thus  far  on  a 
large  scale.  With  those  exceptions  practically  every- 
thing that  will  grow  anywhere  else,  will  grow  in  Mobile 
County.  Cabbage  is  the  chief  truck  crop,  along  with 
sweet  potatoes,  Irish  potatoes,  peas,  beans,  tomatoes, 
corn,  peanuts,  strawberries,  peaches  and  grapes;  in  fact, 
all  fruits  do  well. 


Photo  by  Taylor-Rtynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD  PECANS,  MOBILE  COUNTY. 


The  Satsuma  Orange 

The  greatest  of  crops,  however,  and  one  that  is  raised 
better  in  this  particular  section  than  anywhere  else,  is 
the  Satsuma  orange.  This  is  the  true  Satsuma  belt  and 
there  are  more  than  two  million  Satsuma  trees  in  Mo- 
bile County.  After  the  fourth  year  the  crop  multiplies 
very  rapidly  until  the  trees  bear  all  the  way  from  1,800 
to  3,000  oranges  per  tree  each  year. 

It  is  well,  however,  to  figure  more  conservatively  and 
count  on  an  average  for  eight  year  old  trees,  planted 
106  to  the  acre,  bearing  1,500  oranges  each.  The  Sat- 
suma sells  readily  at  around  $2.50  for  a box  of  150. 
Many  producers  average  better  than  one  cent,  net,  per 
orange,  after  paying  all  expenses. 


Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

FOUR  YEAR  OLD  KUMQUATS,  MOBILE  COUNTY. 


Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

THREE-YEAR-OLD  GRAPE  FRUIT,  MOBILE  COUNTY. 


Orange  Grove  Prices 

Bearing  orchards  bring  good  prices,  but  it  is  quite 
possible  to  buy  some  very  cheap  land,  clear  it,  plant  and 
develop  it  and  have  it  in  bearing  condition,  with  an  in- 
vestment over  all,  of  around  $250.00  an  acre,  or  even 
less. 

Frequently  orchards  are  made  up  of  Satsumas  and 
pecans,  with  strawberries  as  an  annual  crop  while  the 
trees  are  growing.  Pecans  grow  in  great  abundance  and 
figs  are  very  prolific.  Pecans  do  not  bear  worth  while 
until  about  the  eighth  year. 

Satsumas,  budded  on  the  trifoliata,  as  is  customary, 
are  exceedingly  hardy  and  stood,  in  the  early  spring  of 
1916,  a temperature  of  19  degrees  above  zero.  That  was 
an  extremely  low  temperature  for  Mobile  and  has  only 


Photo  by  Taylor-Reynolds  Co.,  Mobile. 

FIRST  SATSUMA  ORANGE  PACKING  HOUSE  IN  MOBILE 
COUNTY. 


reached  that  point  two  or  three  times  in  twenty  years. 
In  1915,  the  thermometer  reached  freezing  only  on  three 
days  and  30  was  the  lowest  then.  On  the  other  hand 
the  hottest  day  was  well  under  100  and  sun  strokes  in 
Mobile  are  unknown. 

Attractive  Health  Resorts 

Mobile  and  Mobile  County  are  health  resorts  for 
Northern  people  seeking  relief  either  from  rigorous  win- 
ters or  smoke-laden  atmospheres.  Practically  every 
person  in  Mobile  drinks  water  fresh  from  the  hydrant 
and  so  pure  that  it  is  used  by  automobilists  in  their 
storage  batteries  that  require  distilled  water.  But 
spring  water  from  several  places  in  Mobile  county  is 
sold  far  and  wide  for  health  giving  properties. 

With  an  annual  average  rainfall  of  61  inches,  evenly 
distributed,  no  irrigation  is  needed.  Drouths,  like  sun- 
strokes, are  unknown. 


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Established  1859 

JAS.  K.  GLENNON  & CO., 

THE  OLDEST  REAL  ESTATE  AGENTS  IN  ALABAMA 
MOBILE,  ALABAMA 

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DUGGAN-TAYLOR  REALTY  CO.,  Inc. 

58  NO.  ROYAL  STREET  MOBILE,  ALABAMA 

DEALERS  IN  FARM  AND  TIMBER  LANDS 

FOR  SALE 

(A)  16,000  acres  of  cut-over  land  in  one  tract  in  Mobile  County, 
at  $6.00  per  acre.  On  railroad. 

(B)  8,000  acres  of  cut-over  land  in  Mobile  County  in  one  tract; 
suitable  for  stock  farm  or  sub-division ; commencing  10  miles  from 
Mobile;  attractive  price  and  terms.  On  railroad. 

(C)  50,000,000  feet  of  hardwood  timber  on  Mobile  River,  twenty 
miles  above  Mobile,  consisting  of  Oak,  Ash,  Cypress,  and  Tupelo  Gum, 
at  $3.00  per  thousand  feet. 

(D)  11,000  acres  of  land  in  Monroe  County,  Alabama,  on  the  Ala- 
bama River.  This  land  contains  twenty-five  million  feet  of  virgin  pine 
timber,  and  a great  quantity  of  hardwood.  Fine  pasture  land.  Two 
thousand  acres  under  cultivation.  Sixty  tenant  cottages.  Price  for 
all,  $15.00  per  acre.  The  Gulf,  Florida  & Alabama  Railroad  has  a sta- 
tion on  this  property. 

Our  Mr.  Taylor  is  President  of  the  Union  Savings  Bank  of  Mobile  and  Secretary  of  the  Mobile 
Clearing  House  Association.  We  refer  to  any  bank  in  Mobile  as  to  our  responsibility. 


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FOR  OUR  LIST  OF  HIGH  GRADE 

BARGAINS  IN  | 

MOBILE  COVNTY  LANDS 

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MOBILE  OFFERS  UNEQUALLED  INVESTMENT  OPPORTUNITY. 


Jos.  Espalla,  Jr.  <0.  Company 

REAL  ESTATE— FINANCIAL— INSURANCE 

AGENTS  AND  BROKERS  I 

No.  70  ST.  MICHAEL  ST.  MOBILE,  ALABAMA.  1 


HUNTER,  BENN  <0  COMPANY 

Cable  Address  “H  UNTER”  Mobile 


Exporters  of 

SAWN  AND  HEWN  PITCH  PINE 


MOBILE,  ALABAMA 

LONDON  AGENTS:  PRICE  & PIERCE,  LTD. 
27  CLEMENTS  LANE,  E.  C. 


CUT-OVER  PINE  LANDS  FOR  SALE 


PASCAGOULA,  MISS. 


BRANCH  OFFICES: 
GULFPORT,  MISS. 


DARIEN,  GEORGIA. 


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For  Colonizing  in  Southern  Alabama  and  Mississippi. 

1 SMALL  FARMS 

For  Settlers  in  the  Orange  and  Pecan  Belt  of  Mobile  County , on  Easy 
I Terms. 


My  Actual  Colonizing  Experience  in  this  Section  Enables  Me  to 
Give  Intelligent  Service  to  Investors. 

EDGAR  L.  COTTING, 

1 510  City  Bank  Building  MOBILE,  ALABAMA  | 


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503  Third  National  Bank  Building, 
ATLANTA,  GEORGIA. 


OFFICES: 

57  St.  Joseph  Street, 

MOBILE,  ALABAMA. 


498  Broadway, 

ALBANY,  NEW  YORK, 


THE  HARRIETTA  IMPROVEMENT  COM- 
PANY, Inc.,  is  sub-dividing  nine  thousand 
acres  of  land  into  ten-acre  tracts;  clearing 
same ; planting  550  fruit  and  ornamental 
trees  and  shrubs ; caring  for  same  three  to  five  years 
according  to  the  manner  of  payments ; and  accepting 
payment  for  same  in  part  of  the  purchaser’s  annual 
earnings. 

When  the  income  is  sufficient  to  provide  the  entire 
living  expense  for  a family,  the  purchaser  can  then 
remove  to  our  colony.  Many  Northern  people  who 
have  already  bought  from  us,  are  planning  to  do  this 
and  be  independent  for  a life  time.  A bungalow  can 
be  erected  in  the  midst  of  the  ornamental  trees  and 
flowering  shrubs,  that  have  been  planted  according 
to  purchaser’s  orders,  making  a lovely  home  with 
surroundings  exactly  as  desired. 

We  will  also  sell  tracts  to  suit  purchasers,  large 
enough  to  be  developed  by  them  for  farming  or  fruit 
growing. 

In  the  beautiful  High  Lands,  bordering  on  the 
Mobile  River,  less  than  an  hour  from  the  city  of 
Mobile  by  auto,  we  have  planned  the  town  of  Harri- 
etta.  Two  trunk  line  railroads,  the  Southern  and  the 
Alabama,  Tennessee  & Northern,  now  have  daily 
trains  passing  the  Harrietta  town  site.  Passenger 
and  freight  steamers  ply  up  and  down  the  Mobile 
River  on  the  water  front. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Harrietta  is  the  best  hunting 
and  fishing  to  be  found  in  the  South. 


MODEL  HARRIETTA  HOME  ON  EACH  TEN-ACRE  TRACT. 


We  Plant  446  Satsuma  Orange  ; 66  Paper  Shell  Pecans  ; and  38 
Ornamental  Trees,  Shrubs  and  Fruit  Trees  on  Each  Tract. 
The  Company  Cares  for  These  Three  or  Five  Years 
According  to  Plan  of  Payment. 


If  you  want  to  know  more  about  this  most  attractive  development,  write  for  our  literature, 
which  includes  a handsome  descriptive  booklet  in  four  colors. 


THE  HARRIETTA  IMPROVEMENT  COMPANY, 

| ALBANY,  N.  Y.  MOBILE,  ALA. 


INC., 

ATLANTA,  GA.  1 


SOUTHERN  ALABAMA  HOME  WITH  BEAUTIFUL 
FLOWERING  SHRUBS. 


117 


SATSUMA  ORANGE  TREE  WITH  617  ORANGES  IN  ITS 
FOURTH  YEAR. 


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MONROE  COUNTY 


NOTHER  of  the  territorial  counties  formed  in 
1815.  This  was  one  of  the  earliest  parts  of  the 
State  settled.  Opposite  this  county  occurred  on 
the  Alabama  River  the  historic  “Canoe  Fight,” 
and  the  battle  of  Burnt  Corn  was  fought  on 
| Monroe  County  soil.  The  county  is  bounded  on  the  west 
| by  the  Alabama  River.  The  creeks,  Flat  and  Limestone, 
| and  the  river  drain  the  land.  The  surface  in  the  north- 
| ern  precincts  is  broken.  The  surface  in  the  lower  pre- 
| cincts  is  still  hilly.  On  the  river  and  the  two  creeks 
| named  are  the  best  agricultural  lands, 
g The  better  class  of  highlands  are  not  surpassed  in  the 
| State.  Cotton,  corn,  small  grains,  peas  and  potatoes, 
| millet,  sorghum,  cane  and  peanuts  flourish.  The  cli- 
| mate  and  soil  seem  to  invite  a variety  of  wild  fruits  and 
g nuts.  The  chestnut,  the  walnut,  and  hickory  nut  grow 
| profusely.  The  swamps  near  the  creeks  produce  great 
g oak  and  beech  trees.  The  nuts  from  these  are  valuable 
| for  fattening  hogs. 

| The  pine  forest  of  the  long  leaf  variety  is  extensive, 
g There  is  also  hardwood  timber  of  great  value — hickory, 
| cypress,  cedar  and  maple.  The  State  Geologist  especial- 
| ly  remarks  on  the  abundance  and  value  of  the  timber. 

| The  supply  of  drinking  water  is  prodigal.  Freestone 

1 springs  and  wells  abound.  The  Monroe  Springs,  a 
g medicinal  water,  is  in  the  northern  part. 

| It  is  unnecessary  to  recite  the  eagerness  of  the  people 
| to  receive  the  State  educational  laws.  In  all  the  coun- 

2 ties,  as  here,  the  support  of  the  churches  is  common. 

| Monroeville  is  the  county  seat.  Among  the  earlier 
1 towns  was  Claiborne  on  the  left,  on  the  east  bank  of 
g the  Alabama  River.  The  pride  of  the  county  is  the  new 
| town,  Roy.  When  the  new  line  of  railroad,  the  Gulf, 
| Florida  & Alabama  was  built,  the  effect  was  to  settle 


BERKSHIRES  PROVE  A PROFITABLE  PRODUCT  FOR  THE  I 
THRIFTY  FARMER  NEAR  MONROEVILLE. 


there  the  long  settled  population  of  the  vicinity.  Now  g 
Roy  is  of  commercial  importance,  has  a bank  with  g 
$25,000  capital,  a fine  public  school  and  is  the  market  for  | 
many  fine  farms  nearby. 


MONTGOMERY  COUNTY 


By  BERT  S.  FITZPATRICK 


ONTGOMERY  COUNTY,  near  the  exact  center 
of  the  State,  was  organized  in  1819,  and  is, 
therefore,  as  old  as  a county  as  Alabama  is  as 
a commonwealth,  that  being  the  year  in  which 
Alabama  was  admitted  into  the  Union.  While 
| one  of  the  oldest  of  counties,  it  is  at  the  same  time  one 
1 of  the  most  modern  in  meeting  every  form  of  demand, 


which  has  grown  out  of  the  evolution  of  time  and  prog-  | 
ress.  It  is  in  the  heart  of  the  great  Alabama  black  belt,  | 
a region  famous  for  its  claim  of  wonderful  richness  and  g 
fertility  in  the  growth  of  staple  Southern  products,  of  g 
which  corn  and  cotton  are  the  featured  ones. 

The  “Black  Belt”  assumes  its  name  on  account  of  the  § 
dark  color  of  the  soil  and  has  become  a distinctive  term  i 
in  the  topography  of  the  nation. 


POWER  FARMING  IN  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY. 


Recent  Progress 

The  pre-eminent  pursuits  through  which  the  county 
has  attained  its  greatness  as  a state  center,  are  those  of 
farming.  Recent  years  have  noted  wonderful  strides  of 
progress  in  this  line,  the  most  pronounced  of  which  re- 
fer to  the  county’s  wonderful  system  of  good  roads 
through  which  the  promotion  of  agricultural  activities 
have  received  a wonderful  impetus.  There  are  650  miles 
of  these  macadamized  highways  and  they  are  pro- 
nounced by  expert  road  engineers  to  rank  among  the 
best  system  of  national  highways.  Probably  this 
should  be  the  first  asset  to  be  mentioned  among  the 
holdings  through  which  the  county  is  achieving  its  agri- 
cultural prominence.  Into  the  sum  of  that  prominence 
enters  a diversified  line  of  products.  Grasses  of  all 
kinds  grow  luxuriantly  in  Montgomery  County  soil,  but 
chief  among  them  are  red,  white  and  bur  clovers,  meli- 
lotus,  alfalfa,  lespedeza,  cow  peas,  Johnson  and  Ber- 
muda grass.  Of  grains  that  are  raised,  corn  and  oats 
are  featured  items,  though  rye,  barley,  wheat  and  kin- 
dred lines  are  produced  in  quantities. 

Within  the  last  two  years  the  practice  of  planting 
wheat  has  been  successfully  revived  after  a suspension 
of  practically  fifty  years,  due  to  the  lack  of  milling 
facilities.  Last  year  a flour  mill  was  established  in 
Montgomery,  and  ground  150,000  bushels  of  home- 
grown wheat. 


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Principal  Crops 

| Irish  and  sweet  potatoes  grow  in  profitable  abundance 
| and  form  a considerable  portion  of  the  year’s  harvest. 

| Cotton,  of  course,  is  the  county’s  leading  product,  and 
1 through  its  yield  Montgomery  County,  like  most  of  the 
1 counties  of  the  South,  has  received  its  largest  measure 
| of  substantial  prosperity.  This  has  been  so  until  within 
| recent  years  when  the  uncertainties  of  the  cotton  mar- 
| ket  and  the  advent  of  the  boll  weevil  combined  to  turn 
| the  attention  of  fanners  to  the  necessities  of  diversified 
| crops,  and  under  this  new  gospel  of  the  modern  farm, 
| cotton,  while  still  king  to  Montgomery  farmers,  has 
| surrendered  much  of  its  old  time  prestige.  Accordingly 
| other  things  have  come  in  for  homage.  Chief  among 
| them  is  stock  raising. 

1 Cattle,  sheep  and  hogs  are  all  successfully  raised  here 
| and  in  abundant  numbers,  late  figures  showing  that 
| there  are  33,000  head  of  cattle  in  the  county,  with  in- 
| creasing  interest  in  the  development  of  their  quality 
| and  strain. 

1 Montgomery  was  one  of  the  first  counties  of  the  State 
| to  adopt  measures  for  the  riddance  of  the  cattle  tick  and 
| have  the  government  cattle  embargo  removed.  The 
| county  has  a tick  eradication  society;  every  year  a live 
| stock  show  is  held  in  the  city  of  Montgomery,  at  which 
| only  the  finest  grades  of  cattle  are  exhibited  and  sold. 
I The  pasturage  quality  of  county  lands  and  the  facilities 
| for  economically  raising  things  of  animal  and  fowl  life 
| make  stock  and  hog  raising  and  poultry  producing,  nat- 
| ural  lines  of  pursuit. 

| The  city  of  Montgomery  is  the  county  seat,  and  State 
| capital,  and  is  the  chief  center  of  county  trade  and  in- 
| dustry.  The  last  government  census  gives  Montgomery 
| a population  of  38,136,  not  including  adjunct  municipali- 
| ties  and  suburbs.  The  territory  taken  in  by  the  trolley 
| cars  includes  55,000  people.  The  county  proper  has  a 
| population  of  85,000.  The  city  of  Montgomery  affords 
| market  facilities  for  taking  care  of  the  outputs  of  the 
| farm  and  is  a great  depot  of  trade  for  these  products. 
| It  enjoys  wide  reputation  as  a commercial  center,  having 
I 48  wholesale  houses  and  ranking  third  in  the  South  in 
| the  scale  of  sale  of  wholesale  products.  Practically  all 
| of  the  towns  and  cities  within  a radius  of  fifty  or  seven- 
| ty-five  miles  are  supplied  with  necessary  farming  im- 
| plements  and  utilities  as  well  as  farm  provisions  by 
| Montgomery  merchants  and,  in  return,  these  localities 
| find  a ready  market  in  Montgomery  for  all  truck  crops, 
I grains  and  other  farm  products.  A $200,000.00  grain 
| elevator  is  now  in  process  of  erection  and  the  establish- 
| ment  of  a large  packing  plant  is  agitated  with  certain 

1 prospects  of  ultimate  establishment.  Banking,  tele- 

2 graph,  expressage  and  postal  facilities  are  modern  and 

1 ample. 

Social  Conditions 

2 From  an  educational  standpoint  Montgomery  leads 
2 the  counties  of  the  State,  statistics  showing  that  there 


The  Introduction  of  the  Silo  Into  Montgomery  County  Is  Largely  Due  1 
to  the  Activity  of  Mr.  Albert  C.  Davis  as  Chairman  of  the  Rural  g 
Affairs  Division  of  the  Montgomery  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

is  less  illiteracy  here  than  in  any  other  county  of  the  1 
State.  There  are  nineteen  public  schools  in  the  city,  I 
provided  with  one  hundred  twenty  teachers,  and  in  ad-  | 
dition  some  eight  or  ten  private  institutions.  The  | 
Woman’s  College  of  Alabama,  an  institution  of  wide  g 
renown,  has  its  home  here.  The  Alabama  Polytechnic  g 
Institute  is  within  a two  hours  train  run  and  other  State  | 
educational  institutions  almost  within  as  easy  reach.  It  | 
is  a city  of  religious  ideals  and  practically  all  denomi-  | 
nations  have  representation,  there  being  eighty-two  | 
churches  and  houses  of  worship.  The  standards  of  so-  1 
cial  culture  and  refinement  are  of  the  highest.  The  1 


g SAMPLE  BOLLS  OF  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY’S  SHORT  STAPLE  COTTON. 

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1 basic  of  Montgomery  citizenship  is  the  civilization  of  the 
| old  South  than  which  the  world  has  never  known  a 
| greater  type.  It  finds  splendid  illustration  in  the  mod- 
| ern  citizenship  of  the  city  and  county  of  Montgomery. 
| Forms  of  social  enjoyment  are  expressed  in  various 
| modes  of  amusement,  and  the  intellectual  taste  is  met  in 
| the  organization  of  numerous  literary  clubs.  These  are 
| supplemented  by  organizations  which  are  active  in  serv- 
| ing  the  needs  of  charity  and  philanthropy.  Montgom- 
| ery  has  her  share  of  public  buildings.  A Carnegie 
I Library,  Young  Men’s  and  Women’s  Christian  Associa- 
| tion,  hospitals,  fresh  air  camps  and  many  fraternal 
| homes  for  the  needy  are  maintained.  Two  public  parks 
| and  seven  theatres  serve  the  taste  for  public  diversion. 

Good  Shipping  Facilities 

i The  city  is  specially  favored  in  transportation  facili- 
| ties.  Six  different  railroads  radiate  from  its  central 
| station,  traversing  every  section  of  the  country,  afford- 


advantages  of  city  life,  so  thoroughly  are  conditions 
which  enter  into  the  choice  for  such  a selection  served 
by  the  advantages  described.  And  considering  the  char- 
acter of  these  advantages,  it  requires  no  unreasonable 
investment  to  embrace  them,  as  Montgomery  County 
lands  are  conservative  in  price  and  can  be  procured  at 
values  within  the  reach  of  the  homeseeker  of  modest 
means. 

Of  course,  the  points  embraced  within  this  sketch  are 
necessarily  general,  and  form  a mere  outline  of  what 
the  county  has  to  offer  for  appraisement:  These  offer- 
ings are  summarized  into  the  following  compact  reasons 
which  show  that  Montgomery  is  a logical  place  for  the 
seeker  of  an  ideal  home: 

Summary  of  Advantages 

(First)  The  county  boasts  a healthful  climate  the 
year  around. 


SIDNEY  LANIER  HIGH  SCHOOL  AT  MONTGOMERY. 


| ing  connections,  and  shipping  facilities  with  every  com- 
| mercial  center  of  the  country.  Montgomery  is  on  a di- 
ll rect  line  between  New  York  and  New  Orleans,  the  for- 
1 mer  being  thirty  hours  run,  and  the  latter  ten. 

In  addition  to  rail  advantages  the  county  is  bordered 
| on  the  west  by  the  Alabama  River  which  flows  directly 
| by  the  city  of  Montgomery  where  modern  wharfage 
3 conditions  exist  for  handling  of  river  freight.  The  river 
| furnishes  a deep  water  route  for  all  products  raised  in 
| the  county. 

Interesting  History 

| Historically,  Montgomery  is  unique  in  her  claims  in 
3 the  annals  of  the  State  and  nation.  It  was  here  the 
1 Southern  Confederacy  was  formed,  and  where  the  first 
I few  months  of  its  stormy  history  was  spent.  The  State 
3 capitol  in  which  the  provisional  government  of  the  new 
| nation  had  its  beginning  still  exists  and  a brass  tablet 
1 on  the  steps  marks  the  spot  where  Jefferson  Davis  stood 
1 when  he  delivered  his  presidential  inaugural  address. 

I There  is  a chain  of  smaller  towns  located  within  short 
1 range  of  each  other  throughout  the  county  and  all  with- 
i in  easy  reach  of  the  county  capital,  linked  as  they  are 
1 with  it  by  a peerless  system  of  good  roads.  It  would 
I be  an  easy  matter  for  a home  seeker  to  select  a resi- 
| dence  site  in  any  of  these  towns,  or  as  for  that,  in  any 
| section  of  the  county  and  enjoy  practically  all  of  the 


(Second)  Its  soil  is  marvelously  rich,  the  greater 
area  of  which  is  under  cultivation.  Its  products  are  of 
infinite  variety. 

(Third)  Live  stock  is  raised  economically,  and  of  best 
grade  and  quality. 

(Fourth)  It  has  an  unsurpassed  system  of  public 
roads  and  highways. 

(Fifth)  Its  educational,  religious  and  social  advan- 
tages are  as  fine  as  any  in  the  land. 

(Sixth)  In  addition  to  its  great  agricultural  wealth, 
and  wealth  producing  agencies,  Montgomery  is  a center 
of  industrial  activity. 

(Seventh)  It  has  artesian  water  which  has  been  pro- 
nounced by  expert  chemists  to  be  the  purest  in  the 
world. 

(Eighth)  Electricity  is  produced  cheaper  in  Montgom- 
ery than  in  almost  any  other  city. 

(Ninth)  Labor  conditions  of  Montgomery  County  af- 
ford cheap  and  reliant  means  for  service  in  every  branch 
of  industry,  and  for  the  conservation  of  agriculture, 
which  forms  the  base  and  foundation  of  the  county’s 
prosperity. 

Farmers  desiring  to  escape  the  rigors  of  a cold  cli- 
mate are  invited  to  investigate  conditions  in  Montgom- 
ery County  where  the  sun  shines  and  crops  are  rotated 


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| and  the  soils  are  made  to  yield  every  month  in  the  year. 
1 The  annual  average  temperature  here  is  61  and  the  pre- 
1 cipitation  is  54.  The  highest  wind  velocity  recorded  by 
| the  Weather  Bureau  in  34  years  is  48  miles  per  hour. 

Country  Life 

| Country  life  in  Montgomery  County  is  ideal.  Some  of 
| the  best  appointed  homes  in  the  county  are  in  the  coun- 
| try.  They  are  equipped  with  telephones,  water  plants 
1 and  acetylene  gas.  There  are  174  automobiles  owned  by 
| farmers. 

| Every  precinct  has  a school  for  white  students  and 
1 churches  are  in  every  neighborhood.  No  point  in  the 
| county  is  further  than  three  miles  from  a railroad  and 
| a superior  highway  touches  every  home.  Farmers  own- 
! ing  automobiles  may  drive  in  the  heaviest  weather  to  the 
| city  of  Montgomery  from  the  farthest  end  of  the  county 
| in  less  than  two  hours.  There  is  a daily  mail  service 
| over  all  roads. 


Montgomery  County  and  have  purchased  lands  here.  | 
These  new  citizens  are  demonstrating  that  cotton  is  not  | 
the  only  profitable  crop  that  may  be  taken  from  South-  | 
ern  soils.  They  hold,  in  fact,  that  the  soils  of  Montgom-  | 
ery  County  are  better  adapted  to  forage,  hay,  grain  and  | 
live  stock  than  it  is  to  cotton. 

A typical  case  of  successful  farming  in  Montgomery  g 
County  by  Western  men  is  that  of  Wesley  N.  Jones  and  g 
Sons,  who  came  to  Montgomery  County  about  eight  | 
years  ago  from  Southern  Kansas.  Their  farm  is  six  | 
miles  from  the  city  on  the  Woodley  road.  They  are  spe-  | 
cializing  in  alfalfa,  grain  and  live  stock.  Mr.  Jesse  M.  | 
Jones  of  this  firm  is  a theoretical  as  well  as  practical  | 
farmer  and  his  testimony  is  therefore  noteworthy.  He  | 
is  particularly  enthusiastic  concerning  the  opportunities  g 
here  for  growing  alfalfa. 

Alfalfa  and  Hogs 

“The  first  cutting  here  on  established  fields,”  says  Mr.  1 
Jones  “is  usually  by  April  10th,  the  other  cuttings  fol-  | 


“MORNING  VIEW,”  RESIDENCE  OF  MR.  M.  B.  HOUGHTON.  ONE  OF  THE  MANY  CHARMING  PLANTATION  HOMES 

NEAR  MONTGOMERY. 


Soils  and  Climate 

| The  soils  of  Montgomery  County  vary  from  sandy 
| loam  to  Houston  clay  and  black  and  gray  prairie.  These 
| soils  produce  from  one  and  a half  to  two  bales  of  cotton 
| per  acre,  from  sixty  to  seventy-five  bushels  of  corn  to 
| the  acre  and  from  two  to  five  tons  of  hay  per  acre  in 
1 from  five  to  six  cuttings  a year.  The  lands  are  suitable 
| for  truck  gardening,  fruit  growing  and  vineyard  pur- 
| poses.  In  the  growing  of  alfalfa  and  for  pasturage  they 
| are  unexcelled.  The  climate  is  so  mild  and  salubrious 
1 that  by  the  intensive  system  and  rotation,  three  and 
| four  crops  are  grown  on  one  piece  of  land  each  year.  It 
| must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  temperature  here  rarely 
| ever  goes  below  35  degrees  and  that,  in  Alabama,  90  de- 
| grees  is  regarded  as  exceptionally  hot  weather. 

1 Montgomery  County  is  drained  by  the  Alabama  River, 
| the  Tallapoosa  River,  Catoma  Creek,  Pintlala  Creek  and 
| other  streams.  There  is  an  abundance  of  pine,  oak,  ash, 
1 poplar  gum  and  cottonwood  timber  in  the  county.  The 
] forests  are  traversed  by  railroads  and  streams  making 
1 it  easy  to  get  the  logs  to  mills  and  markets. 

Northern  Farmers  Attracted 

I In  recent  years  many  Western  and  Northern  farmers 
1 have  seized  upon  the  rare  opportunities  offered  by 


lowing  every  thirty  to  forty-five  days.  Alfalfa  sown  in  | 
the  fall  is  usually  ready  for  mowing  in  May  and  that  1 
sown  in  the  spring  by  June.  Even  alfalfa  sown  in  the  j 
spring  yields  enough  that  season  to  pay  for  the  prepara-  | 
tion  and  seeding  of  the  land — something  unheard  of  in  1 
most  parts  of  the  West.” 

There  is  a steady  market  in  Montgomery  for  baled  1 
alfalfa  at  $20.00  to  $25.00  per  ton. 

Mr.  Jones  met  with  remarkable  success  in  growing  I 
corn  and  oats.  He  takes  the  position,  after  years  of  1 
close  study  of  the  subject  that  “Corn  grown  here  is  j 
richer  or  stronger  and  more  palatable  than  corn  grown  | 
in  the  Northern  or  Western  corn  belt.” 

There  is  no  place  in  the  world,  Mr.  Jones  declares,  1 
where  hogs  can  be  grown  cheaper  than  in  Montgomery  1 
County  and  he  goes  on  to  point  out  the  fact  that  soy  | 
beans,  peanuts,  oats  and  other  fat-producers  can  be  1 
raised  in  abundance  and  with  little  effort.  He  is  also  an  | 
enthusiast  over  the  opportunities  in  dairying  and  1 
chicken  raising.  He  finds  a quick  market  in  Montgom-  | 
ery  for  all  of  the  products  of  his  model  farm. 

Mr.  J.  B.  Stephens,  who  operates  200  acres  on  the  | 
Cleveland  road  two  miles  from  Montgomery,  declares  1 
that  his  place  yields  a crop  of  some  kind  for  market  I 
every  month  in  the  year.  He  produces,  in  addition  to  1 


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| the  standard  crops,  turnips,  peas,  beans,  tomatoes,  po- 
| tatoes,  melons,  peaches  and  pears.  He  raises  horses, 
| hogs  and  cattle  and  has  milk  and  butter  for  sale  all  the 
1 year. 

| Mr.  L.  C.  Young,  formerly  of  Kentucky,  has  been 
| unusually  successful,  growing  potatoes  on  his  fine  farm 
| eight  miles  from  the  city.  Mr.  Young  has  produced  240 
| bushels  of  Irish  potatoes  per  acre  and  400  bushels  of 
I sweet  potatoes  per  acre. 

| A Northern  man  writing  of  conditions  in  Montgomery 
| County  to  the  National  Magazine,  said: 

| “We  found  around  Montgomery  many  of  the  most 
| prosperous  farmers  in  the  State.  A striking  example  of 
| what  a progressive  Northern  farmer,  by  employing 
| modern  methods,  can  do  in  Alabama,  is  presented  by  the 
| experience  of  Mr.  Wesley  N.  Jones,  who  moved  from 
| Moran,  Kansas,  to  Montgomery  County  a few  years  ago. 
| Mr.  Jones  had  read  that  alfalfa  could  be  grown  success- 
1 fully  in  Alabama  and  that  there  was  much  undeveloped 
| land  to  be  had  at  reasonable  prices  in  that  State.  He 


knew  the  character  of  soil  necessary  to  produce  alfalfa  | 
— knew,  as  all  Kansas  farmers  living  in  that  limited  j 
alfalfa  belt  know,  the  value  of  soil  that  will  produce  this  | 
most  valuable  of  all  forage  or  hay  crops.  Mr.  Jones  was  § 
ready  to  be  shown.  He  effected  communication  with  Mr.  g 
Frank  D.  Kohn,  a prominent  banker  of  Montgomery,  | 
which  resulted  in  a trip  down  to  make  an  investigation.  I 
After  seeing  a few  small  carelessly  seeded  fields  produc-  1 
ing  abundant  crops,  he  realized  at  once  the  possibilities  | 
before  him.  It  did  not  take  him  long  to  decide.  Pur-  | 
chasing  a somewhat  rundown  farm  in  the  vicinity  of  | 
Montgomery,  he  at  once  began  the  improvement  and  | 
stocking  of  his  farm,  and  has  in  a few  short  years  | 
brought  it  up  to  a high  state  of  cultivation.  This  alfalfa  | 
field  today  yields  two  to  three  tons  to  the  acre  in  from  § 
five  to  six  cuttings  each  year,  which  finds  a ready  mar-  | 
ket  at  twenty  dollars  to  twenty-five  dollars  a ton.  Al-  g 
falfa  is  not  the  only  crop  that  Mr.  Jones  is  growing.  | 
Oats,  corn  and  other  crops  are  rotated  with  excellent  | 
returns.  This  farm  with  its  pens  well  filled  with  Berk-  | 


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1 shire  hogs,  its  pastures  with  cattle — a show  place  of 
| Montgomery.” 

| These  concrete  cases  are  given  as  a guide  to  the 
1 homeseeker  who  desires  reliable  information  as  to  re- 
1 suits  to  be  achieved  by  intelligent  farmers  in  this  section. 
| Based  on  experiences  of  the  past,  Montgomery  County 
1 will  produce  approximately  50,000  bales  of  cotton, 
1 1,000,000  bushels  of  corn,  800,000  bushels  of  sweet  and 
| Irish  potatoes,  22,000  tons  of  hay,  and  20,000  bushels  of 
| peanuts.  The  dairies  of  the  county  produce  1,000  gallons 
| of  milk  a day.  Conservatively  estimated,  the  value  of 
| farm  products  of  Montgomery  County  annually  is  $8,- 
! 000,000.  These  figures,  when  considered  together  with 
| the  area  and  acreage  of  the  county,  give  ample  proof 


that  there  is  a great  deal  of  room  for  growth  and  oppor-  | 
tunities  for  progressive  and  industrious  people  of  the  | 
farming  class.  While  the  total  acreage  of  improved  j 
farms  in  Alabama  is  8,654,991  and  unimproved  farms  | 
12,030,436,  the  acreage  in  Montgomery  County  ranks  | 
much  higher.  Indeed,  it  is  conceded  that  this  county  1 
represents  the  highest  agricultural  development  of  any  | 
county  in  the  State. 

Under  the  State  law  the  maximum  assessment  of  1 
properties  for  taxation  is  60  per  cent  of  their  actual  § 
value.  The  State  and  county  tax  rate  is  $1.35  on  each  | 
$100,  and  the  city  tax  rate  is  $1.12%  on  each  $100.  This  | 
means  that  with  the  low  assessments  the  rate  is  reduced  § 
40  per  cent  from  actual  value  of  the  property. 


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1 MONTGOMERY  COUNTY.  1 


THE  CITY  OF  MONTGOMERY 

By  Bruce  Kennedy,  Secretary  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


I Montgomery  is  fifty  miles  from  the  exact  center  of 
| Alabama,  and  is  typical  of  the  Old  and  New  South. 
| While  all  of  its  history  has  been  preserved,  it  is  declared 
1 by  tourists  to  be  “the  most  modern  and  model  city  in 
| the  South.” 

| Montgomery  was  founded  in  1819.  The  Confederate 
| government  was  born  in  the  old  Statehouse,  which  is 
1 still  standing.  The  State  Department  of  Archives  and 
| History,  with  its  museum  and  art  gallery,  is  an  inter- 
| esting  place  to  visitors. 


facilities,  is  navigable  to  Mobile.  Three  boats  each  week.  | 
A belt  line  railroad  makes  it  possible  for  every  merchant  g 
and  manufacturer  to  have  trackage  at  his  doors. 

Municipal  Improvements 

With  one  hundred  miles  of  paved  and  shaded  streets,  I 
modern  sanitary  sewerage  system,  city-owned  water-  j§ 
works,  incinerator  for  destruction  of  garbage,  and  bac-  § 
teriological  department,  every  safeguard  is  thrown  g 
around  the  health  of  the  people.  1 


Population 

The  census  of  1910  gave  Montgomery  38,136.  This 
does  not  include  several  adjacent  municipalities  and 
subdivisions.  The  trolley  car  territory  of  Montgomery 
includes  55,000  people. 

Montgomery  is  the  trading  center  for  1,000,000  pros- 
perous people.  With  48  large  wholesale  establishments 
and  110  varied  industries,  Montgomery  will  easily  hold 
its  good  reputation  as  one  of  the  livest  business  com- 
munities in  the  southeastern  section. 

Fine  Farming 

Montgomery  County  leads  all  of  the  counties  of  Ala- 
bama in  productiveness  and  variety  of  its  soils.  All  of 
the  standard  crops  are  grown  and  the  mild  climate 
makes  it  possible  to  rotate  crops  and  produce  something 
during  every  month  of  the  year. 

Transportation 

Six  railroads  radiate  from  Montgomery  to  every  sec- 
tion, and  the  Alabama  River,  with  modern  wharfage 


Public  Buildings 

Montgomery  is  rich  in  public  buildings  and  institu- 
tions. They  include  handsome  homes  of  the  Young 
Men’s  Christian  Association,  Young  Women’s  Christian 
Association,  Carnegie  Library,  Masonic  Temple,  Pythian 
Temple,  Masonic  Orphans’  Home,  City  Hall,  County 
Courthouse,  Federal  Building,  Fresh  Air  Camp,  Hospit- 
als and  Schools. 

Churches  and  Schools 

There  are  82  churches  in  Montgomery.  They  repre- 
sent every  religious  denomination  and  the  edifices  every 
variety  of  architecture.  Nineteen  public  school  buildings 
with  120  teachers  provide  superior  educational  advan- 
tages for  Montgomery  children. 

City  of  Homes 

The  beautiful  residences  and  well-kept  lawns  of  Mont- 
gomery cause  favorable  comment  by  visitors.  More 
Montgomerians  own  their  homes  than  do  the  residents 
of  any  other  city  of  like  size. 


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Conventions 

Nine  good  hotels,  two  of  them  as  complete  as  any  on 
| the  continent,  afford  ample  accommodations  for  large 
| parties  of  visitors.  A public  auditorium  has  a capacity 
| of  5,000.  The  people  are  hospitable  and  anxious  to 
| entertain  visitors. 

Parks  and  Amusements 

| Oak  Park,  consisting  of  36  acres,  and  Pickett  Springs, 
| three  miles  north  of  Montgomery,  are  the  local  play- 
| grounds.  They  are  reached  by  trolley  cars.  There  are 
| seven  theatres  in  Montgomery. 

Automobiling 

| There  are  650  miles  of  macadamized  and  picturesque 
| highways  in  Montgomery  County,  which  makes  auto- 
| mobiling  a constant  delight.  There  are  1,276  motor  cars 
| registered  in  the  city  and  174  cars  owned  by  farmers  in 
| the  county. 


They  are  conducted  by  liberal  and  progressive  men.  | 
The  superintendent  of  the  Montgomery  Clearing  House  1 
will  answer  inquiries  for  financial  information. 

Investments 

Correspondence  is  solicited  from  men  experienced  in  j 
manufacturing  furniture,  or  desirous  of  establishing  a | 
creamery,  a cannery  or  a packing  house.  These  indus-  | 
tries  can  be  made  to  pay  handsomely  in  Montgomery.  | 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Montgomery  empha-  | 
sizes  the  importance  of  developing  agriculture.  It  | 
maintains  a Farm  Bureau  in  charge  of  a competent  1 
Farm  Advisor,  Mr.  I.  T.  Quinn,  and  Live  Stock  Inspec-  | 
tor,  Mr.  T.  H.  Moore.  The  services  of  these  experts  are  | 
at  the  call  of  the  farmers  without  cost.  They  are  | 
especially  helpful  to  new  citizens  from  distant  states,  1 
who  are  unfamiliar  with  conditions. 

Occupying  ten  rooms  in  the  handsome  Bell  building,  | 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  specializes  in  assisting  in-  | 


MULES  FROM  THE  JUDGING  CLASS  AT  THE  MONTGOMERY  LIVE  STOCK  SHOW. 


Sports 

| The  golf  links  and  tennis  courts  of  the  Montgomery 
| Country  Club  and  the  Woodley  Country  Club  have  been 
1 pronounced  to  be  very  fine.  They  are  in  charge  of  native 
| Scotchmen.  Visiting  golfers  are  accorded  a hearty  wel- 
| come.  The  grounds  of  the  Capital  City  Gun  Club  are 
| superior  for  shooting.  Fishing  in  the  lakes  and  rivers 
| around  Montgomery  is  good. 

Railroads 

| The  following  railroads  run  into  Montgomery:  Louis- 
1 ville  & Nashville,  Western  of  Alabama,  Atlantic  Coast 
| Line,  Central  of  Georgia,  Seaboard  Air  Line,  Mobile  & 
§ Ohio. 

Banking 

| There  are  four  National  and  three  State  banks  in 
1 Montgomery,  with  combined  resources  of  $12,000,000. 


quirers  and  homeseekers.  Pride  is  taken  in  accuracy  of  j 
statements  and  honest  advice.  Mr.  Bruce  Kennedy,  the  | 
General  Secretary,  has  a wide  knowledge  of  conditions.  | 
He  and  a capable  staff  are  always  attentive  to  visitors  | 
and  inquiries  by  mail  are  answered  promptly. 

Other  individuals  and  firms  of  the  Chamber  of  Com-  | 
merce,  in  a position  to  give  reliable  information  as  to  j 
Montgomery  County  and  middle  Alabama  are:  F.  M.  | 
Kohn  & Son,  Black  Belt  Realty  Co.,  Capital  Realty  & | 
Securities  Co.,  T.  T.  Charles  Realty  Co.,  J.  A.  Chambless  | 
& Brother,  C.  P.  Gunter  & Co.,  Dowdell  & Joseph,  N.  B.  | 
Holt  & Co.,  Geo.  A.  Thomas  & Co.,  Meyer,  Baum  & Teas-  | 
ley,  Scott  Investment  Co.,  State  Abstract  Co.,  Ray  & | 
Pierce,  A.  L.  & L.  W.  Tyson,  W.  N.  Cox,  N.  J.  Bell,  H.  C.  | 
Davidson,  E.  C.  Fowler,  Galloway  Real  Estate  Co.,  Hart-  j 
well  Douglass,  Harris  Gunter,  W.  A.  Gunter,  Jr.,  J.  R.  | 
Warren,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  or  J.  B.  Walter,  Snowdoun,  | 
Ala.,  and  J.  R.  Relfe,  Mount  Meigs,  Ala. 


J.  B.  Stephens  produced  a clear  profit  of  $650.00  on  eight  acres  adjoining  the  City  of  Montgomery.  His  truck  | 
| crops  sold  for  more  than  $1,000. 


The  Atlantic  Coast  Line  handled  400  car  loads  of  live  stock  in  the  Montgomery  district  in  6 months. 

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LAND  THAT  MAKES  A CORN  CROP  AND 
A WHEAT  CROP  IN  ONE  YEAR. 


LAND  that  made  a good  crop  of  wheat  and  the  same  year  is  making  a good  crop  of  corn  tells  two  stories 
worth  investigating.  The  first  story  is  the  utilization  of  Alabama’s  long  growing  season  and  well  distrib- 
uted rainfall.  The  second  is  the  natural  strength  of  the  lime  lands  in  Montgomery  County,  Alabama.  The 

first  time  I saw  these  two  crops  grown  was  last  year  on  the  200-acre  farm  of  Abraham  Bros.,  a few  miles 

out  from  the  city  of  Montgomery,  Alabama.  The  same  thing  is  witnessed  this  crop  year  on  the  same  farm. 
This  article  is  written  on  July  11th,  1916,  by  Frank  D.  Kohn,  of  the  firm  of  F.  M.  Kohn  & Son.  I saw  today 
| on  this  farm  three  stages  of  growing  corn,  corn  with  well  filled  out  ears,  corn  waist  high,  and  corn  knee  high. 
1 Last  winter  400  head  of  cattle  were  fattened  on  this  farm.  The  wheat  paid  for  all  the  labor  and  expense  of  the 

1 farm.  The  ensilage  and  cotton  seed  meal  put  the  fat  on  the  cattle  and  the  difference  in  weight  of  the  cattle  was 

| profit. 


ALFALFA  AND  CORN 


| On  an  adjoining  farm  of  W.  E.  Mathews,  40  bushels 
| of  wheat  were  grown  and  there  is  now  growing  a fine 
| crop  of  cowpeas.  By  planting  cowpeas  after  wheat  or 
I oats,  a good  crop  can  be  made  every  year  and  the  land 
| made  to  yield  a good  dividend  every  year.  In  March  the 
| ground  is  covered  with  a half  dozen  varieties  of  wild 
| clover,  giving  early  grazing.  This  is  followed  by  the 
| Bermuda  grass,  which  U.  S.  Government  experts  class 
I along  with  blue  grass.  This  section  of  the  country  has 
| artesian  water  and  numerous  small  streams. 

| Wesley  Jones,  a Kansas  farmer,  located  by  us  on  the 
| Woodley  Road  in  this  county,  ten  years  ago,  tells  us  that 
| he  has  less  sickness  in  his  hogs  than  he  had  in  Kansas, 
| and  that  he  is  able  to  pasture  his  alfalfa  fields  without 
| injury  to  his  alfalfa  up  to  April. 


L.  C.  Young,  a Kentucky  farmer,  placed  by  us  eight  | 
miles  from  Montgomery,  10  years  ago,  tells  us  he  gets  | 
two  good  crops  of  Irish  potatoes  a year. 

Grey  Henderson  tells  us  he  expects  this  year  to  have  1 
Black  Angus  baby  beef,  weighing  as  yearlings  1,000  lbs.,  | 
that  will  not  cost  him  over  $30.00  a head. 

If  you  are  looking  for  a place  to  live  and  do  well,  and  | 
are  industrious  and  have  some  money,  we  invite  you  to  | 
come  to  Montgomery  County  and  look  over  some  of  the  1 
opportunities  afforded.  We  will  show  you  such  facts  as  | 
will  open  your  eyes.  You  will  see  that  this  is  a healthy  | 
country  of  good  schools  and  churches,  decent,  law-abid-  | 
ing  people,  good  roads  and  good  railroads  and  a good  | 
place  to  raise  your  children,  and  you  can  buy  really  good  1 
land  from  $30.00  to  $45.00  an  acre,  such  lands  as  at  home  | 
you  can  not  buy  for  less  than  $150.00  an  acre. 


MONTGOMERY  COUNTY  WHEAT 

We  refer  you  as  to  our  responsibility  to  the  Sullivan  Bank  & Trust  Company,  to  the  First  National  Bank  and  | 
| to  the  Fourth  National  Bank.  As  to  our  treatment  of  new  people  and  our  knowledge  of  land  and  farming  to  Wes-  | 
| ley  Jones,  a Kansas  farmer,  R.  F,  D.,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  L.  C.  Young,  a Kentucky  farmer,  R.  F.  D.,  Montgomery,  I 
| Ala.,  W.  J.  Garnand,  a Tennessee  farmer,  R.  F.  D.,  Montgomery,  Alabama. 

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The  first  hotel  in  Alabama  to  appreciate  and  uphold  the  great  forward  movement  in- 
augurated by  the  State  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Industries. 

The  Gay-Teague  Hotel  was  among  the  largest  contributors  to  the  diversified  farming 
campaign  that  added  millions  of  dollars  per  year  to  the  value  of  Alabama’s  crops. 

We  believe  that  our  many  attractions  combined  with  the  new  ideas  of  trained  and 
skillful  farmers  will  create  a development  unparalleled  in  its  importance  and  widespread 
results. 


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land,  fertile  soils, 
healthful  climate, 
modern  roads,  river 
and  rail  transporta- 
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tories, growing  cit- 
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markets  and  an  ad- 
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We  propose  that 
the  world  shall  know 
what  we  have  to  sell 
and  that  we  offer  in- 
ducements that  will 
bring  to  us  the  addi- 
tional men  and  cap- 
ital needful  to  turn 
our  raw  materials 
into  finished  prod- 
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THE  GAY-TEAGUE  HOTEL 

E.  C.  TAYLOR,  Manager 

CENTRAL  CONVENIENT  COMFORTABLE  COMPLETE 

Bureau  of  Information  With  Maps,  Books  and  Guides 
At  the  Service  of  Homeseekers  and  Tourists. 

MONTGOMERY ALABAMA 


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BANKING  FACILITIES 

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MONTGOMERY,  ALABAMA 


Combined  Capital  Paid  in $2,650,000.00 

Combined  Surplus  and  Profits 662,870.00 

Combined  Resources 13,125,000.00 


THE  MONTGOMERY  CLEARING  HOUSE  ASSOCIATION 


The  First  National  Bank 
The  Exchange  National  Bank 
Sullivan  Bank  & Trust  Company. 

Union  Bank  & 


The  Fourth  National  Bank. 

The  New  Farley  National  Bank. 
Alabama  Bank  & Trust  Company. 
Trust  Company. 


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Homeseekers  the  Benefit  of  Ample  Financial  Resources 

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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 


THE  ALABAMA  TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIATION 

An  Organization  of  Live  Wires  Devoted  to  the 
Upbuilding  of  Their  State. 

MOTTO : “HONESTY— I NDUSTRY— MORALITY” 


OBJECT  OF  THE  ALABAMA  TRAVELERS 
ASSOCIATION 

| The  object  of  this  Association  is  to  promote  the  wel- 
| fare  of  its  members.  To  insure  more  perfect  harmony 
| among  them.  To  cultivate  a spirit  of  co-operation.  To 
I secure  justice  to  all  traveling  men.  To  cultivate  love  for 
| our  common  country  and  uphold  and  maintain  the  laws 
| of  the  State  and  Nation.  To  foster  a hearty  feeling  of 
| good  fellowship  between  traveling  salesmen  and  those 
| with  whom  they  come  in  contact  in  their  regular  voca- 
! tions.  To  discourage  dishonorable  competition  but 
| rather  to  encourage  that  nobler  spirit  of  rivalry  which 
| is  calculated  to  development  of  the  better  qualities  of  the 
| successful  man  of  affairs.  To  protect  our  own  interests 
| and  that  of  our  customers  and  firms  represented.  To 
| promote  the  convenience,  comfort  and  pecuniary  inter- 
| ests  of  the  commercial  travelers,  both  individually  and 
| collectively,  by  securing  better  hotel  and  livery  stable 
| accommodations,  better  railroad  service,  both  passenger 
I and  freight,  and  improve  telephonic  and  telegraphic  fa- 
| cilities.  To  work  in  harmony  with  other  traveling  men’s 
| associations.  To  join  the  movement  for  good  public 
| roads  and  also  for  the  development  of  all  the  natural 
| resources  of  the  State  and  to  assist  in  every  manner 


possible  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  material  interests  of  g 
the  State  of  Alabama. 

CHARTER  MEMBERS 

The  association  was  formed  by  and  the  charter  mem-  | 
bers  composed  of  U.  C.  T.’s,  T.  P.  A.’s,  and  others  (non-  | 
members  of  these  two  organizations)  the  purpose  being  | 
to  form  a gigantic  concrete  organization  to  work  in  g 
unison  in  the  interest  of  themselves,  and  the  betterment  | 
of  conditions  on  the  road,  not  only  for  themselves  but  § 
for  the  traveling  public  in  general,  and  by  combining  j 
their  efforts  in  this  direction,  attain  results  which  could  g 
not  be  secured  by  being  divided.  Similar  organizations  1 
exist  in  Mississippi,  Georgia,  Arkansas,  Tennessee  and  | 
other  states. 

ELIGIBILITY 

Any  white  man  of  good  moral  character,  engaged  as  1 
a commercial  traveler  in  the  business  of  selling,  buying,  | 
collecting  or  advertising  of  any  article  of  commerce,  | 
literature,  benevolent  or  insurance  associations,  sales  | 
managers  and  credit  managers  in  wholesale  houses,  also  | 
secretaries  or  presidents  of  progressive  unions,  boards  | 
of  trades  and  similar  organizations,  are  eligible  to  mem-  | 
bership  in  this  association.  | 


A FEW  OF  ALABAMA’S  REPRESENTATIVE  TRAVELING  MEN  AT  THE  A.  T.  A.  CONVENTION,  BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 


| THE  ALABAMA  TRAVELERS  ASSOCIATION  was 
| organized  in  Montgomery  on  December  17th,  1910,  when 
| L.  K.  McVoy,  of  Selma,  was  elected  President,  and  each 
| successive  year  the  Association  has  met  in  Montgomery, 
g until  the  last  meeting,  which  was  in  Mobile  on  January 
| 1,  1916.  A new  President  and  other  officers  are  elected 
| each  year.  On  the  latter  date,  the  following  officers 
g were  elected,  and  chairmen  of  committees  appointed,  to 
| serve  until  the  next  annual  meeting:  Louis  J.  Adler, 
g President,  Mobile;  First  Vice-President,  Geo.  M.  Plais- 
| ance,  Birmingham;  Second  Vice-President,  Louis  Ben- 
| ish,  Selma;  Third  Vice-President,  J.  R.  Oglesby,  Mont- 
| gomery;  Fourth  Vice-President,  M.  P.  Zeller,  Mobile; 
| Fifth  Vice-President,  Jas.  M.  Bowman,  Anniston;  Sec- 
| retary-Treasurer,  A.  Coke  Smith,  Montgomery. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

L.  J.  Adler,  Mobile;  Geo.  M.  Plaisance,  Birmingham;  j 
A.  Coke  Smith,  Montgomery;  L.  K.  McVoy,  Selma;  G.  C.  i 
Bates,  Montgomery. 

COMMITTEE  CHAIRMEN 

Railroads,  J.  R.  Oglesby,  Montgomery;  Legislative,  R.  1 
W.  Condon,  Montgomery;  Hotel,  Livery  and  Garage  E.  | 
R.  Holt,  Montgomery;  Good  Roads,  E.  P.  Kirkpatrick,  | 
Birmingham;  Waterways  and  Deep  Water,  LeBaron  | 
Daly,  Mobile;  Membership,  A.  S.  Bauer,  Mobile;  Press,  g 
Bruce  Kennedy,  Montgomery;  Propaganda,  Geo.  M.  | 
Plaisance,  Birmingham;  Finance  and  Audit,  J.  A.  Car-  | 
ney,  Carney,  Ala.;  Chaplain,  Rev.  Stewart  McQueen,  | 
Montgomery;  Surgeon,  Dr.  S.  C.  Meigs,  Centerville. 


At  the  meeting  in  Mobile  on  January  1,  1916,  the  time  of  meeting  was  changed  for  the  future  to  the  month  of 
June,  every  year,  and  the  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Birmingham  on  June  23rd  and  24th,  1916.  President  Adler 
was  elected  at  Montgomery  on  January  1,  1915,  and  re-elected  at  Mobile  as  stated  above. 


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MORGAN  COUNTY 


HIS  was  a territorial  county,  formed  in  1818, 
from  land  received  from  the  Cherokee  Indians, 
now  740  square  miles.  The  northern  boundary 
is  the  Tennessee  River.  The  name  is  in  honor 
of  General  Daniel  Morgan,  the  Revolutionary 


hero. 

The  variety  of  agricultural  products  prove  the  capac- 
ity of  the  soil.  Corn,  wheat,  oats,  sweet  potatoes,  but- 
ter, sorghum,  tobacco,  wool,  cotton,  animals  slaughtered 
— each  in  large  quantity. 

Geology  finds  four  terrace  like  formations  that  pro- 
ceed southerly  from  the  Tennessee  River,  occupying  the 
land  in  an  interesting  and  peculiar  way.  First  is  the 
river  land,  alluvial,  formed  by  inundations  generally 
annual.  It  does  not  justify  cotton  cultivation  or  any 
crop  liable  to  be  destroyed  by  overflows.  Corn  may  be 
grown  there  notwithstanding  the  risk.  The  second  ter- 
race is  valued  as  grass  land.  This  shelf  is  of  varying 
width  as  it  prolongs  itself,  sometimes  one  or  two  and 
later  seven  or  eight  miles.  This  is  the  valley  of  the 
Tennesse  proper.  A third  geologic  formation  is  found 
where  the  grasses  flourish  to  perfection.  The  fourth 
shelf  or  division,  varies  in  width  from  one  to  twelve 
miles.  The  lands  are  black,  gray  and  red. 

The  water  supply  is  sufficient,  including  the  creeks 
that  fertilize  the  soil  and  springs  that  afford  drinking 
water  of  the  best  quality. 

A rich  commerce  is  open  in  untouched  timber — post 
oak,  black  jack,  maple,  walnut,  cedar,  cherry  and  short- 
leaf  pine. 

It  is  supposed  that  gold  exists  in  some  parts  of  the 
county.  Coal  in  some  supply  is  known.  The  most  inter- 
esting subterranean  wealth  is  asphalt.  It  was  the  first 
discovered  in  America.  New  Decatur  and  Decatur  are 
the  principal  towns.  New  Decatur  is  a manufacturing 
and  railroad  center.  There  are  thirty  to  forty  enter- 
prises of  manufacturing  and  commercial  importance. 

Trinity,  Hartselle,  Leesburg  and  Valhermosa  Springs 
are  important  towns  and  at  each  place  educational  devel- 
opment is  important.  At  all  these  towns  good  hotels  are 
kept.  Railroads  and  the  Tennessee  River  furnish  excel- 
lent transportation  facilities. 


MORGAN  COUNTY  CORN. 

For  special  bargains  in  Morgan  County  write  to:  J.  E. 
PENNEY,  302  American  Trust  Building,  Birmingham, 
Alabama. 


PERRY  COUNTY 


ERRY  COUNTY  lies  in  the  west  central  part  of 
Alabama.  The  northern  and  extreme  eastern 
portion  contains  a few  hills  of  the  Appalachian 
chain  of  mountains.  From  among  these  hills 
emerge  numerous  clear  and  beautiful  streams, 
whose  fertile  valleys  grow  broader  and  broader  toward 
the  south,  finally  spreading  out  into  broad  and  fertile 


fields  of  orangeburg  and  cahawba  clay  with  sandy  loam 
top  soil.  The  streams  then  empty  their  sparkling  wa- 
ters into  placid  reaches  of  the  Cahaba  River. 

Marion,  the  county  seat,  is  in  the  central  part  of  this 
county,  and  is  a center  of  learning,  refinement  and  cul- 
ture with  five  schools  hereinafter  described.  South  and 
west  of  Marion  lie  the  undulating  prairie  or  Houston 
County  lands,  magnificent  for  natural  richness  and 
promise  to  the  grower  of  grains  and  clovers  and  to  the 
cattle  and  hog  farmer. 


Climate  and  Products 

The  climate  is  salubrious  and  healthful  with  long 
summers  and  short  winters,  there  being  no  season  of  the 
year  when  the  ground  cannot  be  occupied  by  growing 
crops  of  some  description. 

The  county  is  primarily  agricultural.  The  northern 
and  eastern  portions  are  devoted  to  the  production  of 
corn,  cotton,  peanuts,  peas,  wheat,  oats,  sugar  cane  and 
sweet  potatoes.  The  southern  and  western  portions  is 
given  over  to  the  growing  of  bur  clover,  cattle,  hogs, 
hay,  alfalfa,  cotton,  corn,  oats,  peanuts,  potatoes,  velvet 
beans  wheat  and  pecans.  _ _ 

Soils 

There  are  six  distinct  types  of  soil  in  this  county,  con- 
sisting of  the  following:  ^ 

Orangeburg  Sandy  Loam 


HIGH  GRADE  PORK  IS  A PERRY  COUNTY  PRODUCT  EVER 
INCREASING  IN  IMPORTANCE. 


Consists  of  a yellow  clay  foundation  and  sandy  loam 
top  soil.  It  prevails  principally  in  the  northern  part  in 
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the  most  undeveloped  section.  It  is  an  ideal  land  for 
grapes  and  other  fruits,  pecans  doing  well  here;  pota- 
toes of  all  varieties,  peanuts,  cowpeas,  sorghum  and 
sugar  are  all  in  their  native  home  here. 


Orangeburg  Clay 

This  is  the  type  of  soil  in  which  Marion,  the  county 
seat,  is  located.  It  is  a red  clay  with  sandy  loam  top 
soil,  responding  generously  to  cultivation  and  fertiliza- 
tion; is  easy  to  work  and  productive  of  all  clovers  except 
melilotus  and  alfalfa.  All  other  crops  natural  to  this 
climate- — tobacco,  grains,  wheat,  com,  oats,  rye,  barley, 
fruits,  cotton,  garden  vegetables,  pecans  and  Bermuda 
grasses  do  well. 

Houston  Clay 

This  is  the  undulating  or  practically  level  prairie  land. 
It  is  the  land  of  opportunity  for  every  man  who  has  the 
desire  to  raise  cattle,  hogs,  mules,  horses,  sheep,  goats, 
hay,  clovers,  grains  and  pecans;  the  land  where  most 
every  known  grass  for  cattle  and  hogs  will  grow  as  lux- 
uriantly as  hot  house  plants. 


Norfolk  Sand 


Occurs  only  in  scattered  places  in  the  county,  although 
it  is  a rich  and  fertile  type  of  soil  where  found. 


Meadow 


Which  lies  practically  all  in  the  creek  and  river  bot- 
toms; this  is  a very  fertile  and  easily  cultivated  soil  and 
suitable  for  corn,  oats,  grains,  lespedeza  clover,  cotton, 
corn,  Bermuda  grass,  etc. 


Sassafras  Sandy  Loam 

This  is  found  on  the  hills  away  from  the  river  and 
creek  valleys.  It  is  very  rich  in  its  capacity  for  produc- 
ing most  any  of  the  crops  natural  to  this  climate,  fruits 
doing  especially  well. 

Our  people  are  just  waking  up  to  the  new  system  of 
diversified  farming.  We  want  and  will  heartily  welcome 
any  and  all  good  citizens  and  help  them  all  we  can  in 
their  new  homes  and  surroundings.  We  feel  the  need  of 
new  farming  methods  and  management.  We  have  here- 
tofore had  the  tenantry  system,  making  big  cotton 
crops  and  getting  good  interest  on  our  land  investments, 
but  this  has  all  been  changed  and  we  are  now  offering 
land  to  the  homeseeker  at  attractive  prices.  We  want 
white  people,  and  lots  of  them.  The  door  of  opportunity 
is  open  to  them  here  in  Perry  county. 

Proximity  to  Markets 

To  the  north  of  here  is  the  greatest  coal,  iron  and 
manufacturing  district  in  the  United  States,  still  in  its 


infancy.  To  the  south  of  us  is  Mobile,  the  Gulf,  and  | 
the  open  sea.  g 

When  our  trade  is  better  established  with  South  | 
American  countries  and  the  Panama  Canal  is  open  for  j 
traffic,  Alabama  will  become  a network  of  railways,  | 
waterways  and  highways  for  the  world’s  shipping,  g 
transportation  and  commerce.  g 


Cheap  Electric  Power 


The  Alabama  Power  Company  with  millions  of  dollars  g 
of  capital  is  prepared  to  furnish  cheap  electric  power  in  g 
every  town  in  the  State  for  lights,  manufacturing,  heat-  | 
ing  and  cooking.  g 

The  government  is  now  looking  toward  Alabama  with  g 
an  idea  of  locating  a nitrate  plant,  an  armor  plate  fac-  g 
tory  and  a ship  building  plant,  within  our  borders. 

The  door  of  opportunity  is  now  unlocked  for  people  g 
seeking  a home  and  the  chance  of  making  good.  We  | 
will  welcome  them  into  the  richest  natural  country  in  | 
the  world,  with  a delightful  climate,  with  farming  con-  g 


PERRY  COUNTY  WHEAT  GROWN  NEAR  UNIONTOWN. 


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ditions  unsurpassed.  Lands  worth  as  much  as  any  in  Marion  has  a population  of  over  2,000  with  Baptist,  § 
the  world  can  be  bought  at  from  twenty  to  fifty  dollars  Methodist,  Presbyterian  and  Episcopal  churches.  It  has  1 


per  acre  tor  our  central  sections  and  at  from  five  to 
thirty  dollars  for  our  lands  in  the  northern  and  eastern 
portions  of  Perry  County. 

MARION,  THE  COUNTY  SEAT 

Marion  has  a fine  system  of  public  schools,  the 
county  high  school  and  three  higher  schools  of  learning 
are  located  here.  These  are  the  Marion  Female  Sem- 
inary erected  in  1834  for  girls  and  now  run  by  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  Judson  College  for  girls,  one  of 
the  most  famous  of  Southern  colleges  for  the  higher 
education  of  young  ladies.  It  has  modern  equipment 
and  excellent  surroundings  for  culture  and  refinement. 
It  enjoys,  with  a fine  record  for  progressive  manage- 
ment Marion  Institute,  a school  for  young  men  under  a 
military  system  that  is  making  a specialty  of  training 
young  men  for  West  Point  and  Annapolis.  It  has  pa- 
trons from  almost  every  state  in  the  Union  and  an  envi- 
able record  for  success  and  achievement.  It  exerts  a 
moral,  refining  and  ennobling  influence,  due  to  its  clean 
and  upright  instructors. 


had  only  two  firms  to  go  bankrupt  in  the  past  twelve  I 
years.  Two  banks  that  have  always  withstood  the  finan-  § 
cial  storms  of  the  past  and  are  now  in  a sound  condition,  g 
with  progressive  managements,  fine  deposit  showing  and  | 
magnificent  surplus.  Several  saw-mills,  a heading  mill,  g 
cotton  mills  and  grist  mills  attest  the  industrial  activ-  1 
ity. 

UNIONTOWN 

Uniontown  is  a town  of  nearly  two  thousand  people,  | 
located  in  the  southwestern  part  of  the  county.  It  is  in  | 
one  of  the  finest  farming  sections  in  the  State  and  has  | 
one  cotton  and  two  cotton  oil  mills  and  several  cotton  I 
gins.  In  its  neighborhood  are  large  plantings  of  alfalfa,  | 
many  cattle  and  hog  farmers  and  the  State  Experiment  | 
Station.  It  has  active  Methodist,  Baptist,  Episcopal  | 
and  Presbyterian  churches,  a hospital,  and  three  banks  | 
with  fine  showings  and  conservative  managers,  who  do  | 
not  hesitate  to  help  the  deserving  farmers. 

Our  people  are  looking  forward  nQt  backward.  Come  | 
and  see  us  and  our  lands.  Look  into  our  possibilities.  | 
Buy  now  and  be  in  on  the  rising  tide  of  prosperity,  sue-  | 
cess  and  happiness  with  us.  g 


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c.  s.  fineganIfor  sale! 


Write  for  List  of 
Perry  County  Farm 
Land  Bargains,  and 
an  Attractive  Iron 
Mine  Proposition  in 
Talladega  County. 


CANEBRAKE 
ALFALFA  LANDS 
GOOD 
LOCATIONS 


| J.  M.  RICHESON  | 

UNIONTOWN,  ....  ALABAMA  1 UNIONTOWN,  ALA. 


BLACK  BELT  PLANTATION 

A CHOICE  BARGAIN  IN  PERRY  COUNTY,  NEAR  MARION,  THE  COUNTY  SEAT. 

Dwelling  within  half  mile  of  graveled  pike  and  good  | 
graded  roads  within  five  miles  of  Marion,  a famous  | 
school  town  of  about  3,000  population. 

This  plantation  will  grow  anything  that  can  be  pro-  I 
duced  in  this  climate,  corn,  cotton,  oats,  wheat,  red  clo-  g 
ver,  alfalfa,  and  practically  all  grain  and  truck  can  be  | 
grown  profitably.  g 

Price:  $50.00  per  acre.  Terms,  one-half  cash,  balance  § 
on  terms  to  suit  purchaser  at  6%  interest.  For  further  | 
particulars  address: 

I.  N.  UNDERWOOD, 

R.  F.  D.  No.  4.  MARION,  ALA. 

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440  acres  good,  black  prairie  land  in  famous  “Black 
Belt”  of  Alabama.  250  acres  under  cultivation;  90  acres 
in  meadow;  100  acres  in  timber  land.  No  stones  and 
land  lies  almost  level,  but  rolls  just  enough  to  drain  well. 
Best  of  improvements  worth  $4,000,  consists  of  a good 
dwelling  house,  new  barn,  mill-house,  store  house,  good 
outbuildings  of  all  kinds;  new  90  ton  capacity  silo.  Lands 
all  fenced  off  into  different  fields  with  woven  wire  com- 
paratively new. 


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PICKENS  COUNTY 


HE  area  of  Pickens  County  exceeds  the  average. 
It  comprises  934  square  miles  abutting  the  Mis- 
sissippi line,  about  the  middle  of  the  State. 
The  county  is  the  northern  limit  of  the  reputed 
“cotton  belt,”  that  is  the  plantation  region  as 
distiguished  from  the  farm  sections. 

The  surface  is  divided  in  geological  character  and 
varies  accordingly  in  agricultural  adaptation.  The  Lit- 
tle Bigbee  River  is  on  the  southwest  and  the  bottom 
lands  there  are  very  fertile.  The  prairie  that  lies  next 
to  Greene  County  is  also  very  fertile.  These  lands  have 
been  under  the  plow  for  from  65  to  75  years.  They 
readily  respond  to  a small  quantity  of  stable  manure,  or 
melilotus  cropping  and  soon  recover  their  virginal  fer- 
tility. 

The  climate  is  temperate  and  healthy.  Frost  seldom 
occurs  after  March  first,  nor  earlier  than  the  latter  part 
of  October.  Rainfall  about  50  inches  is  well  distributed 
throughout  the  year. 

The  drainage  is  sufficient.  The  Little  Bigbee  and 
Sipsey  rivers,  Bogue  Chilton  Creek,  Lubbub,  Blubber 
creeks  and  others  effect  that  end.  Drinking  water  is 
ample  in  springs  and  wells  that  never  fail.  Artesian 
wells  are  present  wherever  required.  Fish  abound  in  the 
creeks. 

Cotton  has  been  the  market  crop.  Corn  is  grown  for 
domestic  use,  with  small  grains.  Bermuda  grass,  John- 
son grass,  alfalfa,  red  clover,  bur  clover,  lespedeza,  meli- 
lotus, crab  grass,  sugar  cane,  sweet  potatoes,  grow  to 
perfection  under  the  art  of  the  progressive  farmer. 
Experiments  with  the  castor  bean  have  been  successful. 

The  native  forests  are  in  territory  convenient  to  the 
river  and  logs  are  floated  to  Mobile,  where  market  is 
ready.  The  principal  growth  is  ash,  birch,  walnut,  cedar, 
cottonwood,  chestnut,  cypress,  elm,  gum,  maple,  hickory, 
mulberry,  oak  of  large  size,  pine,  poplar  and  sycamore. 

The  school  system  of  the  State  is  well  supported.  The 
county  seat,  Carrollton — named  in  honor  of  the  singer, 
Charles  Carrollton — Pickensville,  Vienna,  are  all  flour- 
ishing places.  Other  facilities  of  advanced  education  are 
obtainable.  The  different  religious  denominations  are 
active. 

The’ United  States  government’s  improvement  of  the 
Bigbee  and  Warrior  rivers,  offers  encouragement  to  and 
accessible  markets  for  a diversification  of  agriculture 
and  manufacturing. 


ONE  ACRE  OF  PICKENS  COUNTY  LAND  PRODUCED  600  BUSHELS  OF  SWEET  POTATOES. 


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PICKENS  COUNTY  CORN  CLUB  BOYS.— G.  H.  KERR  MADE  I 
124  4/7  BUSHELS  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  BLACK  SANDY  LOAM. 


GORDO,  PICKENS  COUNTY 


By  J.  R.  MOORE,  Vice-President  Merchants  & Farmers 
Bank,  Gordo,  Alabama 


Gordo,  situated  about  midway  between  Tuscaloosa,  | 
Alabama,  and  Columbus,  Mississippi,  on  the  Montgom-  I 
ery  diyision  of  the  Mobile  & Ohio  Railroad,  offers  most  g 
exceptional  opportunities  to  the  home-seeker,  investor  | 
and  prospector  in  general.  = 

Gordo  is  a young  town  which  has  for  its  strong  foun-  | 
dation  an  old  and  productive  section  which,  hitherto,  has  g 
suffered  isolation  and  neglect  on  account  of  its  inaccessi-  1 
bility  to  railroads  and  markets,  with  the  consequent  § 
result  that  its  great  natural  resources  and  advantages  1 
have  remained  relatively  untouched  by  development. 

The  town  is  the  business  market  and  railroad  center  1 
of  an  extensive  territory  of  productive  farming  lands  | 
(of  clay  and  sandy  loam)  in  which  not  only  the  staple  1 
crops  of  cotton,  corn,  cane,  sorghum  and  all  grains  and  g 
grasses  are  grown  to  perfection;  but  lands,  also,  which  g 


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are  practically  illimitable  in  possibilities  for  the  highly 
successful  cultivation  of  potatoes,  peas,  peanuts  and 
chufas  as  well  as  other  profitable  cattle  and  hog  produc- 
ing and  silage  crops. 

These  lands,  too,  are  well  timbered,  well  watered, 
accessible  by  good  roads  and  CHEAP.  Agricultural  and 
allied  pursuits  nowhere  find  readier  rewards,  dollar  for 
dollar  and  condition  for  condition,  than  we  offer.  For 
instance,  the  inducements  for  cattle,  hog,  sheep  and  goat 
raising,  under  conditions  which  render  attention  to  such 
industry  highly  profitable,  are  unsurpassed.  Like  condi- 
tions apply  to  poultry  raising  and  its  by-products,  and 
for  which  latter  product  Gordo  has  already  grown  to  be 
a notable  market  and  shipping  point. 

Fruits  of  all  kinds,  notably  apples,  cherries,  peaches, 
grapes  and  berries  abound  in  quantities  not  only  for 
home  use  and  local  consumption  but  are  commercially 
very  remunerative.  Abundant  natural  springs  abound  in 
the  territory  contiguous  to  Gordo,  while  the  average  well 
depth,  insuring  a dependable  supply  of  water,  is  around 
22  feet. 

Property  owners  at  even  remote  distances  from  Gordo 
but  attached  to  it  by  business  connections,  as  well  as 
those  nearby,  are  building  for  themselves  good  frame 
dwellings,  new  and  better  schools,  better  churches  and 
better  roads.  In  a word  those  of  limited  resources,  who 
plan  to  “start  from  the  stump,”  or  that  other  class  desir- 
ing a good  country  and  available  advantages  with  which 
to  “begin  all  over  again,”  can  do  no  better  than  have 
their  stop  over  tickets  read  “Gordo,  Alabama.”  Here, 
conditions  climate  and  people  will  extend  to  you  a wel- 
coming and  helping  hand.  We  have  got  the  rest,  now  we 
want  you.  So  come  and  we  will  show  you  how  to  make 
good.  , 

To  conclude,  Gordo  has  a handsome,  up-to-date  brick 
hotel,  a prosperous  banking  institution,  a $9,000  brick 
school  building  fully  equipped  with  high  school  facilities 
an  electric  light  plant,  two  high  capacity  planing  mills, 
several  saw  mills  two  modern  cotton  ginning  systems, 
several  thriving  mercantile  firms,  three  churches  for 
whites,  and  two  for  colored,  and  its  people  in  every  pur- 
suit are  thrifty,  law  abiding,  God-fearing  and  indus- 
trious. 

So  if  you  are  considering  a change  of  home  or  an 
investment,  write  us;  or  better  still,  come  and  let  us  look 
over  and  talk  over  what  we  have  to  offer. 


POWER  FARMING  GROWS  IN  FAVOR  ON  THE  BIG  FARMS  I 
NEAR  GORDO.  g 

For  details  and  more  information,  address  or  apply  to  § 
the  Business  Men’s  League,  or  any  of  the  following  | 
prominent  citizens  and  business  houses  at  Gordo,  Ala-  | 
bama. 

J.  T.  Hordin 

B.  L.  Lloyd  I 

J.  D.  H.  Glass  § 

W.  E.  Davis  g 

Bell  Manufacturing  Co.  1 

Strickland  & Mustin 
B.  Tamehill  & Co.  | 

Bell  Bros.  Lumber  Co.  | 

J.  T.  Collins  I 

J.  H.  Collins 

Collins  & Co.  I 

J.  L.  Davis 


J.  W.  Howell,  Jr. 

J.  I.  Free 
T.  E.  Brandon 
W.  Berman. 

A.  M.  Shirley 
H.  H.  Mabley 
Springer  & Mayfield 
Farmers  Hardware  & Fur- 
niture Company 
Merchants  & Farmers  Bank 
City  Drug  Store 


PIKE  COUNTY 


HE  area  of  Pike  County  is  710  square  miles. 
Troy  is  the  county  seat.  Pike  was  not  a cotton 
county  in  the  old  regime.  Different  methods 
came  in  soon  after  the  war.  The  farms  were 
small  and  owned  by  white  men  who  worked 
them.  The  price  of  cotton  remained  high  for  six  or 
seven  years  and  thus  encouraged  the  farmers  adopted 


scientific  methods  in  its  production.  A very  interesting  i 
claim  of  the  county  is  that  productiveness  of  the  land  | 
per  capita  by  values  exceeds  any  other  county  in  the  | 
State.  The  proof  is  in  an  outward  and  visible  sign.  The  | 
log  cabin  of  two  rooms,  not  infrequently  one  room,  has  i 
gone  into  the  past.  Instead  has  come  convenient  and  1 
spacious  homes. 


THE  HANDSOME  CITY  SCHOOL  AT  TROY. 

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Into  Pike  County  extends  the  Chunenuggee  Ridge.  The 
slopes  and  in  the  bottoms  is  first  class  agricultural  land. 
Further  to  the  south  is  an  agricultural  land  impreg- 
nated with  lime. 

South  of  these  lands  is  a pine  timber  mingled  with  oak 
and  hickory.  In  all  these  lands  the  use  of  fertilizer  is 
profitable.  The  crops  are  cotton,  corn,  small  grains, 
rice,  peas,  peanuts,  potatoes,  sugar  cane.  Pike  County, 


by  natural  adaptation  and  climatic  influence,  is  as  pro-  | 
lific  a producer  of  vegetables  and  fruits  as  we  have  in  | 
Alabama.  | 

There  is  plenty  of  water.  The  Conecuh  and  Pea  Rivers  | 
drain  many  minor  streams.  Railroad  transportation  is  | 
good;  commercial  facilities  are  ample  through  markets  § 
at  Troy,  Orion  and  Brundidge.  | 


STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AT  TROY,  ALABAMA. 


High  Grade  Farm  Lands  For  Sale  in 
PIKE  COUNTY,  ALABAMA 


In  Both  Large  and  Small  Tracts.  Write  Today  for  Our 
Select , Revised  and  U p-to-Date  Lists. 


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RANDOLPH  COUNTY 


THIS  county  was  formed  in  1832  when  the  tide  of 
immigration  from  the  South  Atlantic  States 
was  at  its  height.  It  was  named  in  honor  of 
John  Randolph,  the  great  democrat.  It  con- 
tains 610  square  miles  and  borders  the  State  of 
Georgia  on  the  east. 

The  climate  is  noted  for  its  health  giving  properties. 
The  Census  Bureau  at  Washington  has  been  known  to 
return  the  death  report  of  Randolph  County  for  revision 
on  the  ground  that  the  mortuary  record  was  inconsistent 
with  the  average  for  Alabama.  Investigation  proved 
that  no  error  had  been  made. 


The  land  is  easy  to  cultivate.  Fruits  common  to  the 
latitude  grow  here  to  perfection.  Farmers  are  generally 
independent. 

Minerals  are  found  in  this  county, — gold,  copper,  mica, 
tin,  graphite  and  kaolin.  The  last  named  is  found  in  in- 
exhaustible quantities  and  is  claimed  to  be  very  superior 
in  quality. 

Perhaps  three-fourths  of  the  original  fine  timber  is 
still  there.  This  includes  pine,  oak  and  hickory. 

There  are  excellent  railroad  transportation  facilities 
in  the  southern  part. 

The  drinkig  water  is  excellent.  The  Tallapoosa  and 
Little  Tallapoosa  rivers,  and  numerous  flowing  creeks 
afford  good  drainage. 

Commendable  attention  is  paid  to  churches  and 
schools.'  Wedowee  is  the  county  seat.  Roanoke  and  Rock 


TWIN  SILOS  WITH  WATER  TANKS  AT  THE  TOP. 

Mills  are  two  of  the  principal  towns.  The  county  high  1 
schools  are  of  distinguished  merit. 

At  Rock  Mills  there  is  a large  cotton  mill,  a tannery,  § 
and  a pottery. 


RUSSELL  COUNTY 


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HE  county  is  bordered  on  the  east  by  the  Chat- 
tahooche  River.  The  oldest  agriculture  of  the 
State  flourished  here  The  land  was  a part  of 
the  latest  cession  from  the  Creek  Indians  and 
the  early  white  settlers  came  from  North  and 
| South  Carolina  and  Georgia,  generally  with  a number  of 
| slaves.  Under  the  circumstance  the  forest  was  rapidly 
| converted  into  cotton  fields.  The  village  of  Glenville 
1 became  a center  of  education  and  excellent  society. 

| Warm  weather  begins  in  April  and  lasts  through  Oc- 
| tober.  Winter  is  mild  with  occasional  snaps  of  cold  last- 
| ing  a day  or  two.  The  mercury  seldom  falls  below  40 
| degrees. 

I In  the  early  years  the  plantation  having  a hundred  or 
| more  negroes  adopted  the  rule  of  self  support  and  thus 
| early  proved  the  adaptation  of  the  soil  and  climate  to 
| diversified  uses. 

1 Some  of  the  farmers  for  the  good  of  the  land  sow 
1 proper  legumes  on  the  corn  fields  on  the  last  plowing. 


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The  Williamson  corn  cultivation  is  widespread.  The  1 
lespedeza  or  Japan  clover  has  been  found  to  be  the  most  1 
successful  of  hay  crops.  Johnson  grass  is  used  for  hay  f 
to  some  extent. 

The  production  of  syrup  is  large  and  of  good  quality.  | 
In  the  northeastern  section  watermelons,  cantaloupes,  | 
truck  crops  and  small  berries  are  profitably  grown  for  | 
the  nearby  market  of  Columbus,  Ga. 

The  timber  lands  are  excellent.  Pine,  oak,  hickory,  § 
gum,  walnut,  cypress,  cedar  are  found  in  different  quar-  | 
ters.  Drinking  water  is  abundant  and  of  the  best  qual-  1 
ity. 

Under  all  the  circumstances  Russell  County  is  admira-  | 
bly  adapted  for  live  stock  raising. 

The  chief  towns  and  villages  are  Seale,  Girard,  Glen-  i 
ville,  Hurtsboro,  Hatchechubbee.  The  Mobile  & Girard  | 
Railway  connects  with  Columbus,  Ga.,  a convenient  1 
market. 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 


ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY— GENERAL  DESCRIPTION 

By  JOHN  INZER  FREEMAN 


N SEEKING  a new  home  or  a desirable  invest- 
ment in  farm  lands  you  should  avoid  those  com- 
munities whose  best  days  are  behind  them,  and 
also  those  which  have  reachd  the  top  limit  of 
their  development. 

What  you  want  to  find  is  a county  and  community  that 
has  made  rapid  progress  in  the  immediate  past,  is  go- 
ing ahead  now,  and  has  a long  way  to  go  in  future  be- 
fore its  possibilities  are  exhausted.  St.  Clair  is  such  a 
county. 

St.  Clair  County  comprises  630  square  miles,  or  most 
of  the  territory  which  lies  between  Birmingham  on  the 
west;  Anniston  on  the  east;  Talladega  on  the  south; 
Gadsden  on  the  north.  These  are  four  of  Alabama’s  best 
towns  and  that  they  are  the  county  seats  of  the  four 
great  counties  which  surround  St.  Clair  is  the  best  indi- 
cation of  the  progressive  character  of  this  entire  section. 

The  story  of  St.  Clair’s  growth  can  be  told  in  a num- 
ber of  ways.  One  of  them  is  the  story  of  its  banks  be- 
cause banks,  better  than  any  other  barometer,  reflect  the 
prosperity  of  the  people  they  serve. 

In  1902  there  were  no  banks  in  this  county.  The  first 
was  organized  in  1903.  Now  it  has  six  financial  insti- 
tutions all  of  them  successful,  and  so  located  as  to  best 
respond  to  the  needs  of  the  entire  county.  They  make 
money  easy  to  get  and  easy  to  keep  the  two  essentials 


i of  getting  ahead, 

| Many  persons  do  not  understand  the  race  question 
1 and  think  the  colored  man  outnumbers  the  white  every- 
| where  in  the  South.  Not  so  in  St.  Clair  where  the 
| whites  represent  90%  of  the  population  and  the  few 
1 negroes  are  hard  working,  law-abiding  citizens,  general- 
1 ly  land  owners.  St  Clair’s  population  is  today  25,000, 
i representing  an  increase  of  over  25%  in  ten  years,  and 
| it  is  increasing  faster  now  than  ever  before. 

| Four  trunk  line  railroads  traverse  St.  Clair,  the  Ala- 
| bama  Great  Southern;  Southern  Railway;  Seaboard  Air 
| Line  and  Central  of  Georgia.  This  puts  every  farm 
I close  to  a shipping  point  and  insures  quick  service  and 
i low  rates  to  the  large  markets.  In  point  of  railroad 
| mileage,  St.  Clair  ranks  sixth  among  the  counties  of 
1 Alabama. 

| In  coal  production,  it  ranks  third,  with  the  biggest 
1 coal  seam  in  the  State,  and  a mine  that  produced  the 
I heaviest  tonnage.  This  means  cheap  fuel  for  all  pur- 
I poses. 

1 Total  tax  values  in  1915  were  $6,500,000  in  round  fig- 
i ures,  an  increase  of  50%  in  ten  years.  The  rate  is  $1.40 
| the  hundred.  State  and  county  combined,  on  a 60%  valu- 
1 ation. 

1 The  bonded  debt  of  St.  Clair  is  only  $85,000. 

1 Over  $200,000.00  has  been  spent  on  good  roads  in  St. 
1 Clair  during  the  past  ten  years.  They  traverse  the 
| county  in  a net  work  and  make  going  easy  for  automo- 
| biles  at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  The  great  Forrest  High- 
I way  passes  through  this  county  and  will  greatly  in- 
| crease  tourist  travel  through  it. 

I Nearly  every  variety  of  land  is  here,  from  sandy  to 
| rich  loam,  valley  to  uplands.  Farm  land  that  sold  for 
| $5.00  the  acre  ten  years  ago,  is  fetching  $20.00  and  over 
| now.  It  will  again  double  in  another  ten  years.  Not 
I half  the  available  area  is  in  cultivation.  Thousands  of 
| acres,  in  big  farms  or  little,  can  still  be  bought  for 
| around  $10.00  the  acre.  On  such  land  as  this  a colony 
i that  moved  here  from  the  west  some  years  ago  raised 
| more  corn  per  acre  than  they  had  ever  done  in  the  west 
| on  land  they  sold  for  over  $100.00  per  acre.  And  here  is 
| another  fact  to  remember.  The  farmers  of  Illinois  and 
| Iowa  did  not  grow  rich  from  farm  profits,  but  by  the 
| increase  of  land  values  due  to  increase  in  population. 
| St.  Clair  farmers  will  grow  rich  both  ways.  It  fed  itself 
| last  season,  raising  its  own  corn  and  meat,  making  cot- 
| ton  a surplus  money  crop. 


ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY  CORN  CLUB  BOYS— BIRGE  SMITH  MADE  ! 
121  BUSHELS  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  MEDIUM  DARK  g 

BOTTOM  LAND.  I 


The  highest  altitude  in  Alabama  is  in  St.  Clair,  whose  | 
average  elevation  is  about  650  feet.  This  means  a com-  § 
fortable  climate,  winter  and  summer,  with  no  extremes  I 
of  heat  or  cold.  It  means  good  health  also  and  hard  | 
times  for  doctors.  | 

Cotton,  grains  fruit  and  truck  are  grown  in  St.  Clair  | 
in  large  quantities.  Stock  raising  and  dairying  are  be-  | 
coming  more  popular,  as  the  pioneers  in  this  department  | 
have  done  well.  1 

The  Coosa  River  forms  the  east  boundary  of  the  | 
county,  affording  fine  duck  shooting  in  winter  and  good  | 
fishing  in  summer.  Quail,  wild  turkeys  and  other  game  | 
are  plentiful. 

In  education  great  strides  have  been  made,  especially  | 
in  the  rural  schools  and  primary  departments.  Schools  | 
with  high  school  grades  are  maintained  at  five  towns  in  1 
the  county. 

The  Alabama  Power  Company  has  its  great  hydro-  | 
electric  generating  units  on  the  Coosa  close  by.  The  1 
main  power  lines  cross  the  county  in  two  directions,  j 
affording  cheap  power  and  special  inducements  to  the  g 
small  manufacturer  who  does  not  care  to  invest  in  | 
engine  and  boiler.  | 

St.  Clair  has  made  very  rapid  strides  in  manufactur-  | 
ing.  There  is  a large  cement  plant  at  Ragland  and  one  | 
of  the  most  successful  cotton  mills  in  the  South  at  Pell  | 
City.  A number  of  smaller  enterprises,  such  as  brick  | 
plants,  oil  mills,  and  heading  mills  may  be  found  here,  § 
which,  with  the  iron  and  coal  mines,  offer  steady  and  | 
well  paid  employment  to  the  skilled  mechanic  and  | 
laborer.  j 

In  recent  years  a great  deal  of  money  has  been  invest-  1 
ed  in  these  enterprises,  money  that  came  from  without  | 
the  State  and  selected  St.  Clair  in  preference  to  all  other  | 
locations.  A large  number  of  people  came  with  this  | 
money.  The  investments  have  proved  profitable  and  the  | 
people  are  more  than  contented  with  their  new  homes.  I 
Just  the  same  sort  of  opportunities  exist  now,  whether  | 
for  farm  or  factory  purposes. 

With  corn,  cotton,  coal,  and  cheerfulness,  where  can  | 
you  beat  this  combination? 

St.  Clair  is  going  ahead.  Come  here,  go  ahead  with  | 
us,  and  you  will  never  regret  it. 


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ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY 

Northern  Judicial  District — Ashville,  County  Seat 

By  HON.  J.  L.  HERRING,  Probate  Judge. 


BUNDANTLY  provided  with  natural  resources, 
rich  for  agricultural  purposes,  healthful  climate 
and  pleasant  people  are  some  of  the  many  ad- 
vantages offered  to  homeseekers  in  the  north- 
ern division  of  St.  Clair  County. 

Located  in  the  foot-hills  of  the  Cumberland  mountains 
it  has  a varied  surface,  from  smooth  and  fertile  valleys 
to  the  high  and  ridgy  mountains.  The  mountainous 
regions  are  especially  adapted  to  raising  fruits  and  the 
broad  plateau  sections  are  excellent  for  truck  farming. 

“For  health  and  enjoyment  no  more  desirable  loca- 
tion can  be  found  in  the  South,”  says  Henry  McCally  on 
“Northern  Alabama.” 

Underneath  the  surface  of  the  mountains,  lie  vast  de- 
posits of  iron  ore,  limestone,  coal  and  kaolin.  Both  the 
Coosa  and  the  Cahaba  coal  fields  extend  through  this 
part  of  the  county.  The  analyses  made  of  these  veins 
pronounce  it  to  be  the  highest  grade  of  coal  for  any  and 
all  purposes. 

Hundreds  of  limestone  and  freestone  springs  dot  the 
rich  and  fertile  valleys  that  it  would  seem  that  nature 
had  meant  them  to  be  used  for  stock  raising  and  dairy- 
ing. 

The  rich  soil  produces  valuable  crops  each  year.  It  is 
claimed  that  the  production  per  acre  of  cotton  in  St. 
Clair  County  exceeds  any  other  county  in  the  State. 

Twenty-three  distinctive  types  of  soil  are  found  in  the 
county,  all  well  supplied  with  water  and  with  almost 
perfect  drainage. 

Pure  drinking  water  can  be  had  anywhere  by  digging 
or  driving  wells.  The  predominating  characteristic  of 
the  soil  is  a red  clay  sub-soil,  which  with  proper  cultiva- 
tion affords  sufficient  moisture  to  carry  plant  life 
through  long  droughts. 

Blessed  with  both  high  and  low  lands,  and  well  wa- 
tered, north  St.  Clair  offers  unusual  inducements  to  the 
truck  farmer  who  wants  to  live  in  a mild  climate  and 
have  good  market  facilities.  Should  a wall  be  built 
around  St.  Clair  County,  shutting  it  off  from  the  world, 
the  people  within  its  borders  could  feed  themselves  for- 
ever. For  here  every  crop  that  grows  in  the  temperate 
and  semi-tropic  zones  will  thrive.  Many  farmers  pro- 
duce enough  clear  profit  each  year  to  pay  the  original 
cost  of  the  land. 

Watermelons,  cantaloupes  and  musk  melons  grow 
luxuriantly  here.  The  climate  is  splendid  and  the  soil  is 


CANTALOUPES  FROM  ST.  CLAIR  RIVAL  ROCKYFORDS  FOR  = 
SWEETNESS  AND  FLAVOR. 


excellent  for  these  crops.  Melons  with  a delicious  flavor  | 
weighing  from  forty  to  sixty  pounds  are  produced  reg-  I 
ularly.  Peanuts,  soy  and  velvet  beans  are  easily  grown  1 
while  all  truck  products  flourish.  Some  of  the  truck  | 
products  which  grow  best  are  cabbage,  strawberries,  1 
Irish  and  sweet  potatoes,  onions,  peas,  lettuce,  squash  | 
and  cucumbers.  With  the  various  kinds  of  soils  and  the  | 
nature  of  the  surface  all  truck  crops  can  be  grown  at  a 1 
large  profit. 

Birmingham  and  Gadsden  are  in  easy  reach  of  the  1 
farmer  so  that  a truck  grower  might  gather  his  crops  | 
early  in  the  morning  and  make  delivery  in  either  city  at  | 
noon.  Excellent  opportunities  await  the  energetic  1 
farmer  in  this  section. 

It  has  also  been  demonstrated  that  cattle  and  hogs  | 
can  be  raised  very  cheaply.  The  mountain  slopes  are  I 


ONE  OF  THE  PLANTS  OF  THE  TENNESSEE  COAL,  IRON  & RAILROAD  COMPANY. 

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| excellent  for  orchards,  and  apples,  peaches,  pears  and 
| plums  are  being  grown  with  great  success.  There  is  no 
1 reason  why  apples  and  other  fruits  should  not  grow  as 
1 well  here  as  in  places  famed  for  fruit  growing. 

1 Health  records  for  the  county  are  all  that  can  be 
1 wished.  The  high  altitude  is  mainly  responsible  for  the 
1 delightful  conditions. 

1 In  the  valleys  and  upon  the  mountain  slopes  are  found 
1 large  forests  of  heavy  timber,  such  as  oak,  pine,  poplar, 
1 hickory  and  others,  causing  many  lumber  mills  to  spring 
| up  in  all  parts  of  this  division  of  the  county.  Heading 
| mills  and  stave  mills  are  cutting  out  some  of  the  smaller 
I timber. 

| Lands  that  will  produce  an  astonishing  variety  of 
| profitable  crops  are  offered  at  marvelously  low  prices, 
| not  because  of  any  inferiority  of  the  soil,  but  this  sec- 
| tion  is  new  and  the  real  value  is  not  yet  appreciated, 
i The  large  farms  are  being  cut  up  into  many  small  ones 
| and  sold  “dirt”  cheap. 

1 The  people  are  sociable,  law-abiding  and  are  people 
1 who  live  well  and  live  at  home.  They  invite  you  to 
| come  and  live  among  them. 

1 A net  work  of  macadamized  roads  connect  the  rural 
| communities  with  the  thrifty  little  towns,  making  it 
| easy  to  reach  the  market  places.  These  roads  have  been 
| built  under  careful  management  and  are  chartered  with 
1 white  gravel,  making  a hard  dry  road  the  year  round. 
1 The  chert  is  in  easy  reach  of  all  the  highways  on  this 
| side  of  the  mountain. 

| Perhaps  the  good  roads  have  done  more  than  anything 
1 towards  bringing  about  a complete  change  in  the  edu- 
1 cational  system  of  the  county.  The  farmers  are  now 
| able  to  send  their  children  to  schools  right  at  their 
| doors.  The  schools  are  carefully  maintained  and  the 
| churches  well  attended.  The  farmers  are  intelligent 
| and  thrifty  people. 

| Ashville,  Springville,  Ragland  and  Odenville,  four 
| enterprising  towns  in  this  section  of  the  county,  have 
| banking  institutions.  The  banks  are  especially  interest- 
| ed  in  agricultural  improvement  and  devote  every  possi- 
| ble  resource  to  the  material  development  of  the  towns 
| and  rural  communities.  Banks  in  a flourishing  condi- 
| tion  reflect  general  prosperity  and  such  is  the  condition 
| of  our  institutions. 

| The  mean  temperature  of  the  county  is  sixty-one  de- 
| grees.  The  thermometer  rarely  goes  higher  than  ninety 
| degrees  in  summer  or  lower  than  twenty  degrees  in 
| winter.  The  average  rainfall  is  fifty-one  inches. 

| The  average  killing  frosts  come  near  the  twentieth  of 
|'  October,  giving  the  crops  a growing  period  of  over  200 
| days. 

| Snow  to  the  depth  of  an  inch  and  a half  falls  about 
1 twice  a year  and  it  is  rare  that  it  stays  on  the  ground 
| more  than  forty-eight  hours.  The  deepest  snow  on  rec- 
| ord  fell  in  January  of  1889  and  was  about  twelve  inches 
| deep. 

1 The  progressive  spirit  of  the  energetic  people  in  north 
| St.  Clair  County  is  helping  Ashville,  Springville,  Rag- 
| land  and  Odenville  improve  rapidly.  But  in  this  rapid 
| development  they  are  making  substantial  growth  and 
| every  advantage  in  market  facilities  is  carefully  fostered. 
| Intelligent  and  thrifty  farmers  desiring  to  locate  in  a 
| section  of  well-to-do  people  and  people  of  moderate 
| means  should  visit  this  section  when  seeking  a new  and 
| healthful  location.  Prosperity  awaits  the  farmer  who 
I applies  ordinary  skill  and  labor  to  the  soil  in  north  St. 
| Clair. 

| ASHVILLE 

| Ashville  is  the  county  seat.  It  is  on  the  Alabama 
| Southern  Railroad  and  the  Forrest  Higway  with  pike 
| roads  connecting  it  with  the  rural  communities.  It  is  in 
| the  heart  of  the  agricultural  section.  Population,  1,000. 
| The  town  is  electric  lighted,  the  streets  and  avenues  are 
| well  paved  and  flanked  by  cement  side-walks.  School 
| conditions  are  excellent.  Cooperage  mill,  gins,  lumber 
| mills  and  many  other  industries  are  located  here.  The 
| people  are  intelligent  and  prosperous. 


SPARE  RIBS  AND  BACON— THE  BEST  INSURANCE  OF 
ALABAMA  AGAINST  THE  HIGH  COST 
OF  LIVING. 


MARGARET  | 

The  western  part  of  the  northern  division,  situated  in  1 
the  famous  Cahaba  coal  seam  is  Margaret,  a mining  i 
town.  The  Alabama  Fuel  & Iron  Company  has  several  | 
large  mines  in  operation  here.  g 

ODENVILLE  | 

Odenville,  twenty-eight  miles  from  Birmingham,  on  J 
the  Seaboard  Air  Line,  is  an  agricultural  community.  | 
It  is  near  the  center  of  the  county.  Beaver  Creek  flows  | 
through  the  center  of  the  town  making  the  surrounding  | 
country  rich  for  agricultural  purposes.  Besides  the  1 
public  school  the  St.  Clair  County  High  School,  a State  I 
institution,  is  located  here.  The  town  has  well  graded  | 
streets  and  avenues,  several  business  houses,  and  a num-  §f 
ber  of  small  industries.  g 

RAGLAND  | 

Ragland  is  forty-seven  miles  from  Birmingham  on  the  § 
Seaboard  Air  Line.  This  is  the  industrial  center  for  the  | 
northern  division  of  the  countv.  However,  it  is  near  the  | 
Coosa  River  and  offers  truck  advantages  also.  The  | 
Coosa  Portland  Cement  Company,  with  a capital  of  | 
$1,500,000,  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  South,  is  here.  | 
There  is  also  a brick  plant,  cooperage  mills  and  smaller  | 
enterprises.  Health  conditions  are  good.  Population  i 
2,500.  Trout  Creek  flows  through  the  town.  It  is  elec-  | 
trie  lighted  and  has  well  paved  streets  and  avenues. 

ST.  CLAIR  SPRINGS 

St.  Clair  Springs  is  thirty  miles  from  Birmingham  | 
and  is  a very  attractive  health  resort.  A large  hotel  is  | 
open  during  the  summer  months.  There  are  twelve  § 
springs  of  sulphur,  lithia  and  freestone  water  which  add  | 
to  its  value  to  those  seeking  health. 

SPRINGVILLE  | 

Springville,  also  an  agricultural  center,  is  twenty-five  | 
miles  from  Birmingham  on  the  Alabama  Great  South-  | 
ern.  Large  springs  are  in  and  near  Springville,  some  of  J 
which  contain  large  quantities  of  fish.  Canoe  Creek  has  | 
its  source  near  here.  Good  roads,  schools  and  well  at-  | 
tended  churches  are  special  inducements.  Many  small  | 
industries  are  located  here. 

The  northern  division  of  St.  Clair  County  with  its  | 
many  advantages  invites  thrifty  and  intelligent  farmers  | 
to  come  and  live  here.  This  is  the  section  for  the  farmer  | 
of  moderate  means. 


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ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY 


Southern  Judicial  Division — Pell  City,  County  Seat 


By  McLANE  TILTON,  JR.,  Pres.  First  National  Bank  of  Pell  City. 


MOUNTAIN  divides  St.  Clair  County  into  two 
geographical  divisions  and  the  law  divides  it 
into  two  judicial  divisions.  Each  division  is  for 
all  practical  purposes  a separate  county,  with 
easy  communication  between  the  two  by  mod- 
ern turnpikes. 

Pell  City  is  the  business,  farming,  educational  and 
political  center  of  south  St.  Clair. 

The  geological  map  of  Alabama  shows  that  south 
St.  Clair  has  been  singularly  blessed  by  nature  with  all 
the  advantages  for  which  Alabama  is  famed.  Some 
counties  have  coal,  others  iron,  others  lumber,  others 
fine  grazing  and  farm  lands.  South  St.  Clair  has  all  of 
these  in  a measure  equalled  by  few  places  in  the  world. 

The  growth  and  development  of  Pell  City  and  south 
St.  Clair  the  past  ten  years  have  attracted  national  at- 
tention. There  has  been  no  boom;  no  advertised  sales. 
Progress  has  been  natural.  In  1902  what  is  now  Pell 


town  with  the  farming  country  around  it,  and  affording 
an  easy  haul  to  market. 

South  of  Pell  City  opens  the  valley  of  the  Coosa  River, 
less  than  two  miles  distant.  Its  valley  in  fertility  com- 
pares favorably  with  the  richest  lands  in  the  west. 
From  this  river  are  drawn  electrical  power  and  purest 
water  in  endless  abundance.  The  small  streams  and 
springs  supplying  it  furnish  water  for  cattle  and  pas- 
turage for  ten  months  in  the  year.  This  section  raises 
its  own  food  crops,  its  7,000  bales  of  cotton  annually 
being  a surplus  money  crop.  Corn,  oats,  wheat,  peas, 
and  hay  thrive  here.  Increased  attention  is  being  given 
to  cattle,  hogs,  fruit  and  dairying,  all  of  which  are  in 
successful  operation  on  a large  scale  by  the  more  pro- 
gressive farmers.  With  three  of  Alabama’s  largest  cit- 
ites,  Birmingham,  Anniston  and  Talladega  only  35  miles 
distant  by  rail,  a first-class  outlet  is  found  for  all  varie- 
ties of  farm  produce  that  Pell  City  does  not  consume. 


FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  PELL  CITY— McLANE  TILTON,  JR.,  PRESIDENT. 


City  was  a worn  out  farm.  Today  it  is  one  of  the  best 
known  small  towns  in  Alabama,  population  2,500.  South 
St.  Clair  has  a population  of  10,000,  ninety  per  cent  of 
whom  are  white  persons,  thrifty,  industrious,  peaceable, 
prosperous.  The  voters  are  about  evenly  divided  be- 
tween democrats  and  republicans,  which  is  the  best 
guarantee  of  good  government. 

At  or  within  15  miles  of  Pell  City  coal  and  iron  are 
mined;  cement  and  brick  are  made,  lumber  is  manufac- 
tured; and  diversified  crops  and  cattle  are  raised.  At 
Pell  City  is  one  of  the  greatest  cotton  mills  in  the  South, 
an  oil  mill,  and  several  smaller  concerns.  Passing 
through  the  town  limits  are  the  power  lines  of  the  Ala- 
bama Power  Company,  furnishing  electricity  for  power 
and  light  to  both  small  and  large  users  on  fair  terms. 

Railroads  radiate  from  Pell  City  in  four  directions. 
Two  trunk  lines,  the  Southern  and  Seaboard,  give 
through  passenger  and  freight  service.  To  the  north, 
south,  east  and  west  run  modern  turnpikes  on  which 
large  sums  of  money  have  been  spent,  connecting  the 

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Pell  City  has  two  banks.  The  First  National  Bank 
building,  the  picture  of  which  is  shown  on  this  page,  is 
said  to  be  the  finest  small  town  bank  in  the  United 
States.  It  truly  reflects  the  spirit,  enterprise,  charac- 
ter and  prosperity  of  the  people  of  south  St.  Clair. 
There  are  four  churches  at  Pell  City.  The  morals  of  the 
community  are  enviable.  Very  often  the  semi-annual 
term  of  criminal  court  is  adjourned  for  lack  of  cases  to 
try.  For  months  the  jail  is  unoccupied. 

Pell  City  and  south  St.  Clair  are  700  feet  above  sea 
level.  Very  hot  or  very  cold  weather  are  unknown.  The 
climate  is  extremely  healthful  as  statistics  prove.  Land 
can  be  bought  for  ten  dollars  an  acre,  good  land,  all 
ready  for  cultivation.  The  best  land,  exclusive  of  im- 
provements, may  still  be  obtained  at  from  $20.00  to 
$30.00  per  acre.  A few  years  ago  these  same  lands  sold 
for  less  than  half  these  figures.  A few  years  hence  they 
will  double  and  treble  in  price. 

The  town  of  Pell  City  has  been  well  managed.  It 
owes  no  money.  Its  streets  are  graded,  paved  and 


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ALABAMA  LAND  BOO  K 

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| lighted.  It  owns  its  own  city  hall  and  school  property 
| free  of  debt.  Its  high  and  primary  schools  in  January, 
| 1916,  were  pointed  out  as  models  for  others  to  follow  by 
| the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  in  a public  letter. 
1 Taxes  are  reasonable,  only  $1.85  for  State,  county  and 
1 city  combined,  on  a 60%  valuation.  The  money  is  wisely 
I spent. 

| Lots  for  homes  or  business  purposes  can  be  bought  at 
| Pell  City  from  $100.00  to  $500.00.  Telephone  service 
| connects  with  all  other  towns  in  the  county,  and  to  indi- 
| vidual  farms. 

| Hunting  and  fishing  are  of  a kind  to  delight  the  sports- 
| man.  Baseball,  music,  and  all  forms  of  amusement  are 
| encouraged,  making  attractive  social  conditions. 

| For  the  man  without  money  who  wants  steady  em- 
| ployment  in  factory,  forest,  field  or  mine;  for  the  man 
| who  wishes  to  locate  a great  enterprise,  or  start  a small 
| one  and  make  it  grow  as  a result  of  his  efforts;  for  the 
| farmer,  Pell  City  and  the  country  tributary  to  it  offer 
i opportunities  that  deserve  closest  investigation. 

| There  are  a number  of  thriving  towns  in  south  St. 
| Clair  County  all  within  seven  miles  of  Pell  City.  Some 
| of  these  are  Coal  City,  on  the  Seaboard  Railroad,  noted 
| chiefly  for  its  great  seams  of  coal  which  have  been  suc- 
| cessfully  mined  for  many  years;  Riverside,  Seddon,  Eden 
| and  Cooks  Springs,  all  on  the  Southern  Railway;  Crop- 
| well  and  Easonville  in  the  Coosa  Valley  along  the  line  of 
| the  Birmingham  & Atlantic  Railroad.  These  smaller 
| towns  are  trading  points  for  the  farmers,  and  each  of 


COTTON  MILL  OF  THE  PELL  CITY  MANUFACTURING  CO. 


them  support  excellent  schools  and  churches  and  offer  1 
many  advantages  for  rural  homes.  I 

Inquiries  as  to  both  town  and  farm  properties  will  be  I 
answered  by  the  Pell  City  Realty  Company  or  the  First  i 
National  Bank  of  Pell  City.  When  writing,  state  sum  | 
to  be  invested,  kind  of  property  wanted,  and  purpose  to  | 
be  used.  No  money  is  desired  unless  its  owner  intends  g 
eventually  to  come  with  it  and  be  one  of  us.  g 


WAITS  DAIRY  FARM  NEAR  PELL  CITY. 


SHELBY  COUNTY 


HIS  is  one  of  the  territorial  counties  of  1818, 
contains  780  square  miles  and  was  named  for 
Isaac  Shelby,  the  first  governor  of  Kentucky. 
Shelby  is  a central  county,  the  climatic  average, 
the  soil  and  products  and  the  character  of  the 
g people  typical  of  all  the  best  that  Alabama  has  to  offer. 


It  is  easy  for  the  farmer  to  live  and  prosper,  and  in-  § 
dustry  and  skill  are  sure  of  success  in  Shelby  County.  I 
In  a word  it  is  esteemed  to  be  one  of  the  most  desirable,  1 
healthful  and  attractive  counties  in  Alabama. 

It  is  in  the  lower  line  of  the  mineral  district  and  i 
therefore  the  surface,  like  that  kind  of  land  generally,  § 


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| is  broken.  But  if  the  land  did  not  respond  to  cultiva- 
| tion  in  a variety  of  profitable  crops  the  enterprise  of  the 
| people  would  have  taken  up  several  other  fields  of  indus- 
| try  that  are  so  conveniently  available. 

| Corn,  cotton,  the  small  grains,  sweet  potatoes,  Irish 
| potatoes,  sugar-cane,  peanuts,  grasses,  clover,  etc.,  do 
| exceptionally  well.  All  truck  crops,  vegetables  and 
| melons  produce  prolifically  as  well  as  orchards  and  vine- 
| yards. 

| The  coal  seams  of  Shelby  were  the  first  in  the  State 
| to  be  tapped  for  commerce  to  any  large  extent.  The 
| first  railroad  to  enter  the  mineral  district  struck  the  big 
S coal  seams  near  Montevallo  and  the  output  soon  proved 
| itself  in  the  markets  as  far  south  as  Mobile.  To  this 
| day  it  holds  its  own  against  all  competition.  The  Shelby 
| county  iron  ore  is  also  unsurpassed  in  the  markets  of 
| the  world. 

| The  whole  area  is  wooded  and  oak,  hickory,  chestnut, 
I pine  and  mulberry  are  so  plentiful  as  to  invite  wood 
| working  industries  of  many  sorts. 

| The  building  stone  and  marble  of  Shelby  County 
| stands  the  test  among  the  best  agricultural  rock  in  the 
| country.  The  quarries  produce  light  gray,  grayish  blue 
| and  buff  building  stone  and  yellow,  black  and  dove-col- 
i ored  marble. 

| Plentiful  mineral  waters  flow  and  Shelby  Springs  has 
| been  an  established  resort  for  a half  century,  with  an 
1 enviable  reputation  for  its  many  attractions. 

I Columbiana  is  the  county  seat.  Montevallo,  Calera, 
| Harpersville,  Helena  and  Wilsonville  are  centers  of 


ALABAMA  GIRLS  TECHNICAL  INSTITUTE  DAIRY  BARN, 
MONTEVALLO. 


banking  trade,  schools  and  churches. 

Transportation  by  rail  has  long  been  well  established. 
All  the  markets  of  the  country  are  at  the  command  of 
the  various  industries: — iron  furnaces,  coal  mines,  lime 
kilns,  handle  factories,  spoke  and  hub  works,  tanneries, 
sash,  door  and  blind  factories,  shoe  factories,  saw  and 
planing  mills,  wood  alcohol  plants,  etc. 


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| Attractive  Proposition  in  Historic  Shelby  County  I 

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The  Native  County  of  America’s  Most  Popular  Moving  Picture  Star, 

I HENRY  B.  WALTHALL 


I$25,000-TWENTY-F1VE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS-$25,000| 


| Large  Modern  Dairy  Barn  With  Concrete  Foundation.  Two  Large  Creeks  Furnish  Plenty  of  | 
| Water  for  Cattle  or  Stock.  Flowing  Springs  Supply  Fresh  Water  in  Every  Field. 


I 300  ACRES  LEVEL  LAND 

1 340  ACRES  ROLLING  LAND 

| Good  Roads  Are  Being  Built  Throughout  this  Section.  Convenient  Markets  for  Everything.  | 
| Churches  and  Schools  Near  at  Hand.  Technical  College  for  Girls  and 

| High  School  for  Boys  and  Girls  Within  Easy  Distance.  | 


BIRMINGHAM  THIRTY-TWO  MILES. 
MONTEVALLO  THREE  MILES. 


For  Further  Information  Write  Today  to 

| L.  N.  NABORS  | 

I REAL  ESTATE  LOANS  INSURANCE 

| BIG  LIST  OF  LAND  BARGAINS 

| MONTEVALLO,  ALA. 

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SUMTER  COUNTY 


NE  of  the  sixteen  counties  of  Central  Alabama 
forming  what  is  known  as  the  “Black  Belt,” 
from  the  color  of  the  soil  and  the  crescent 
shape  of  this  strip  of  land,  20  to  30  miles  in 
width  from  north  to  south,  extending  from  the 
Ala. -Miss,  state  line  on  the  west  to  within  a few  miles 
of  Alabama-Ga.  state  line  on  the  east.  Bounded  on  the 
east  by  the  Tombigbee  River;  west  by  the  State  of  Mis- 
sissippi; north  by  Pickens  County;  south  by  Choctaw 
County.  Area,  970  square  miles;  length,  approximately, 
55  miles  north  to  south;  average  breadth,  east  to  west, 
about  18  miles;  topography,  level  to  gently  rolling,  with 
two  ridges  rising  considerably  above  the  surrounding 
country  extending  across  the  county  from  northwest  to 
southeast.  The  farm  lands  lie  well,  and  on  many  farms 
tractor  plows  and  other  up-to-date  farm  machinery  can 
be  operated  to  advantage.  No  large  areas  of  wet  or 
swampy  land  in  this  county,  and  practically  all  the 
lands  of  the  county  are  now,  or  can  be  easily  brought 
into  condition  for  tillage  at  small  cost. 

There  are  numerous  streams,  springs  and  flowing  ar- 
tesian wells  in  the  county,  affording  an  abundance  of 
pure  water  for  domestic  use,  and  for  live  stock.  Many  of 
the  springs  and  artesian  wells  furnish  large  volumes  of 
water,  enabling  the  farmer,  at  a trifle  in  cost,  to  lift  the 
water  by  hydraulic  rams  into  elevated  tanks,  so  it  may 
be  piped  through  their  residences  and  stock  barns,  giv- 
ing them  advantages  obtained  by  best  system  of  water 
works. 

Historical 

Sumter  County  was  the  home  of  the  Choctaw  tribe  of 
Indians,  where  they  chased  the  deer,  bear  and  other 
large  game  in  the  stately  forest  and  jungle  of  cane- 
brakes,  until  1831,  when  by  treaty  they  ceded  this  ex- 
ceedingly fertile  area  to  the  State  of  Alabama.  Imme- 
diately after  this  county  was  opened  to  settlers,  the 
wealthy  planters  of  the  older  counties  of  Alabama,  and 
of  the  States  of  Virginia,  and  the  Carolinas,  mainly, 
made  a rush  for  this  new  Eldorado,  and  with  their  slaves 
soon  subdued  the  wilderness. 

This  immensely  productive  soil  quickly  begun  to 
bring  forth  crops  of  corn,  cotton,  wheat  and  other  crops 
in  such  abundance  as  to  attract  attention  from  all  parts 
of  the  United  States.  The  wealth  of  the  “Bigbee  Val- 
ley” and  its  tributaries  was  soon  known  far  and  wide. 

The  planters  had  hardly  begun  to  build  handsome 
homes  and  live  in  luxury  when  the  ruthless  hand  of  civil 
war  struck  down  their  prosperity,  and  in  many  instances 
caused  them  to  lose  their  homes.  Then  came  re-con- 
struction, subversion  of  labor  conditions,  and  the  tenant 
system,  and  it  is  only  in  recent  years  that  the  farmers  of 
this  section  have  begun  to  get  back  to  diversified  farm- 
ing. The  advantages  of  this  county  are  again  attract- 
ing attention,  and  in  the  last  few  years  farmers  from 
Pennsylvania,  Michigan,  Missouri,  Kansas,  North  Dako- 


ROWAN  McELROY  OF  SUMTER  COUNTY  MADE  145  3 16  I 
BUSHELS  OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  WHITISH 
SANDY  SOIL,  WITH  RED  CLAY  SUB-SOIL. 

ta,  Wisconsin,  and  other  states  have  located  in  Sumter  | 
county  and  are  delighted  with  the  county  and  its  hos-  | 
pitable  people. 

Labor,  Soil,  and  Crops 

In  Sumter  County  labor  for  farming  and  for  manu-  | 
factoring  is  abundant,  satisfactory  and  cheap.  There  | 
are  no  labor  unions  in  this  section  of  Alabama.  I 

In  the  main,  there  are  two  types  of  soil  in  this  county:  j 
the  northern  half  of  the  county,  from  Livingston,  the  g 
county  site,  north,  are  located  what  is  called  the  “black  § 
prairie  lands,”  “Houston  clay,”  “Trinity  clay,”  or  “lime  g 
lands.”  By  government  soil  survey  it  is  shown  that  | 
Sumter  County  has  more  of  these  celebrated  lands  than  | 
any  other  county  in  the  “Black  Belt”  of  Alabama  or  | 
Mississippi.  This  type  of  soil  is  strongly  impregnated  | 
with  carbonate  of  lime,  phosphate  and  potash;  natural-  g 
ly,  one  of  the  most  fertile  types  of  soil  in  the  United  I 
States.  It  is  especially  valuable  for  alfalfa,  corn,  oats,  | 
cotton,  general  forage  crops,  all  the  clovers  and  grasses,  | 
and  unsurpassed  for  raising  live  stock  of  highest  qual-  | 
ity.  Lime  is  abundant  in  the  soil,  and  this  element  is  | 
essential  in  soils  to  give  best  results  in  live  stock  rais-  | 
ing;  this  fact  is  recognized  by  the  most  intelligent  live  g 
stock  breeders  the  world  over. 

Quality  of  Limeland  Beef  Cattle 


PURE  WATER  FOR  STOCK  FROM  FLOWING  ARTESIAN 
WELLS— EPES,  ALABAMA. 


It  is  interesting  to  see  the  butchers  of  New  Orleans  go 
through  the  cold  storage  rooms  there  and  unerringly 
point  out  the  carcasses. which  came  from  limeland  pas- 
tures. Animals  grazed  on  lime  land  pastures  have  more 
quality  than  animals  from  lime-deficient  pastures,  and 
this  fact  should  be  kept  in  mind  by  the  man  who  ex- 
pects to  breed  animals  of  highest  merit. 

The  north  half  of  the  county  is  also  well  adapted  to 
potatoes  (Irish  and  sweet),  to  vegetables  of  all  kinds 
and  to  peaches,  pears,  apples,  plums,  strawberries,  dew- 
berries, raspberries,  etc. 

The  other  main  type  of  soil  in  this  county  is  sandy 
loam,  with  clay  subsoil,  embraced  in  the  south  half  of 
the  county,  from  Livingston,  south.  These  loam  lands, 
with  the  aid  of  fertilizers  and  rotation  of  crops,  produce 
abundantly  all  the  staple  crops  indigenous  to  this  cli- 
mate. It  is  on  this  type  of  soil  the  boys  of  the  corn 
growing  clubs  produce  150  to  200  bushels  of  corn  per 
acre;  60  to  80  bushels  of  oats,  and  other  staple  crops  in 
proportion,  when  farmed  judiciously.  For  the  man  who 
is  able  to  own  only  a small  acreage,  and  use  intensive 
methods,  this  type  of  soil  is  highly  satisfactory.  There 
is  no  section  of  the  South  superior  to  this  portion  of 


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BLOODED  HEREFORDS  ON  HILL  TOP  FARM,  NEAR 
LIVINGSTON,  ALA. 


Sumter  County  for  growing  all  kinds  of  truck  crops  for 
market.  One  strawberry  grower  in  this  section  of  the 
county  ships  over  one  hundred  carloads  of  berries  an- 
nually, and  has  grown  wealthy  in  a few  years.  This 
man  came  from  Indiana  to  Sumter  County  about  15 
years  ago,  rented  land  the  first  few  years,  was  without 
capital,  but  by  industry  and  good  judgment  soon  demon- 
strated what  may  be  accomplished  in  this  favored  coun- 
try. 

Livestock,  Dairying,  Poultry  Raising 

Let  the  Northern  man  who  is  contemplating  buying 
lands  in  the  South  to  engage  in  livestock  raising  come  to 
Sumter  County,  and  see  the  fine  herds  of  Shorthorns, 
Herefords,  Angus,  Holstein  and  Jersey  cattle  grazing  the 
luxuriant  Bermuda  grass,  bur  clover,  Medic,  lespedeza, 
paspalum,  and  other  grasses  in  this  banner  livestock 
county  of  central  Alabama.  Here  it  costs  but  little  to 
raise  the  best  type  of  animal  ready  to  go  on  the  market, 
and  it  is  the  element  of  cost  which  determines  the  profit 
in  all  lines  of  business.  The  past  winter,  numbers  of 
carloads  of  calves,  raised  on  the  farms  of  Sumter 
County,  10  to  18  months  old,  were  sold  at  $50  per  head. 
These  were  grade  calves  of  the  beef  breeds  out  of  native 
cows  by  registered  bulls.  The  dams  of  these  calves  have 
the  run  of  the  pasture  the  entire  year  and  are  only  fed 
hay,  silage  and  a little  cotton  seed  meal  a few  weeks  in 
mid-winter.  Conditions  here  are  equally  as  good  for 
raising  horses,  mules,  hogs  and  sheep. 

No  section  of  the  country  offers  better  opportunity  for 
profitable  dairying;  the  nearby  creameries  pay  the  high- 
est market  price  for  butter  fat,  (32c  per  lb.,  the  past 
winter).  The  long  pasture  season,  large  alfalfa  crops, 
and  abundance  of  other  forage  cheaply  grown  here, 
strongly  impress  one  with  the  possibilities  along  this 
line  in  Sumter  County. 

Poultry  raising  is  easy  and  profitable  here;  Birming- 
ham and  other  Southern  markets  take  all  of  these  prod- 
ucts at  highest  prices. 

Climate 

The  records  at  Livingston  show  the  average  winter 
temperature  50  degrees,  summer  80  degrees;  rain  fall 
50  to  54  inches  annually,  well  distributed  throughout  the 
year.  Winters  are  short  and  mild,  rarely  any  snow; 
temperature  rarely  declines  below  20  degrees  above  zero. 

The  summers  are  long,  affording  long  growing  season 
and  enables  the  farmer  to  often  grow  two  crops  a year 
on  the  same  land.  The  nights  are  cool,  even  in  the  warm- 
est part  of  the  summer,  which  is  in  marked  contrast  to 
the  hot  nights  of  summer  of  the  North  Central  States. 
Farmers  here  from  Wisconsin,  Pennsylvania,  Michigan, 
and  other  Northern  states,  say  the  heat  here  is  not  as 
depressing  as  in  the  states  from  which  they  came. 

Transportation  and  Banking  Facilities 

Sumter  County  is  well  supplied  with  railroads:  the  A. 
G.  S.  Division  of  the  “Q.  & C.  Route,”  a through  line 


from  Cincinnati,  via  Chattanooga,  Birmingham,  Tusca- 
loosa, Livingston  and  Meridian  to  New  Orleans,  is  one  of 
the  best  equipped  railroads  in  the  United  States.  Eight 
passenger  trains  daily;  fast  express  and  through  freight 
to  the  North  and  East;  now  being  double  tracked  from 
Birmingham,  south.  The  county  is  also  traversed  by  the 
Selma  division  of  the  Southern;  the  Alabama,  Tennessee 
and  Northern,  and  the  Sumter  and  Choctaw  railroads. 
There  is  no  land  in  Sumter  County  remote  from  trans- 
portation. The  public  roads  are  kept  graded  and  dragged, 
affording  easy  travel  to  markets,  and  automobile  drives. 

Five  banks,  located  in  the  several  larger  towns  of  the 
county,  have  ample  capital  to  finance  the  enterprises  in 
their  territory. 

Schools 

The  county,  outside  of  incorporated  towns,  is  divided 
into  school  districts.  Competent  teachers  are  selected 
to  conduct  these  schools  nine  months  of  the  year,  free 
of  tuition  to  the  patrons.  At  Livingston  is  located  the 
Alabama  Normal  School,  attended  by  400  to  600  young 
ladies  and  young  men.  Twenty  teachers  are  employed 
in  this  school,  and  give  instruction  in  all  the  branches 
taught  in  the  best  and  most  up-to-date  normal  schools. 
Livingston  also  has  a graded  public  school,  employing 
six  competent  teachers,  who  carry  the  pupils  through 
the  twelfth  grade.  There  are  excellent  public  schools  at 
Cuba,  York,  Epes,  Gainesville,  Geiger  and  other  towns 
of  the  county. 

Religious  Influences  and  Social  Conditions 

Alabamians  are  a church-going,  church-loving  people. 
Every  community  has  its  houses  of  worship  and  minis- 
ters of  exceptional  ability. 

The  religious  influence  and  social  conditions  of  this 
county  compare  well  with  the  most  enlightened  sections 
of  the  United  States.  Sumter  County  was  among  the 
first  counties  in  the  United  States  to  drive  out  the 
whiskey  demon,  with  all  of  its  attendant  evils;  her  peo- 
ple are  law-abiding  and  refined,  and  they  extend  a wel- 
come hand  to  all  good  people  to  come  and  dwell  among 
them. 


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| Further  particulars  regarding  the  many  resources  and 
| attractive  features  of  Sumter  County  may  be  obtained 
| by  prospective  homeseekers  and  investors  who  write  to 
| the  following  parties: 


1 Sumter  County  Board  of  Revenue  Livingston,  Ala. 

| McMillan  & Company,  Bankers Livingston,  Ala. 

j Bank  of  Sumter,  Bankers Livingston,  Ala. 

| Dr.  W.  J.  McCain,  Real  Estate Livingston,  Ala. 

| Fred  H.  Jones,  Live  Stock Livingston,  Ala. 

1 W.  A.  Williams,  Timber  Lands Livingston,  Ala. 

| C.  J.  Wise,  Real  Estate York,  Ala. 


J.  H.  Coleman,  Real  Estate York,  Ala. 

J.  A.  McConnell,  Land  Owner York,  Ala. 

F.  L.  Mitchell,  Live  Stock Epes,  Ala. 

J.  L.  Horn,  Live  Stock Coatopa,  Ala. 

W.  R.  Larkin,  Land  Owner...... Coatopa,  Ala. 

E.  F.  Allison,  Timber  Lands .Bellamy,  Ala. 

J.  J.  Williams,  Land  Owner Curl,  Ala. 

W.  E.  McGowan,  Land  Owner Cuba,  Ala. 

Write  to  Mrs.  Annie  Cook  Maxwell,  2521  Sixth  Street, 
Tuscaloosa,  Alabama,  for  an  exceptional  bargain  on  a 
plantation  in  North  Sumter.  See  advertisement  under 
Tuscaloosa  County. 


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! IMPROVED  BLACK  BELT  FARMS 


We  have  a large  list  of  excellent  alfalfa,  grain, 
grass,  clover  and  live  stock  farms,  well  located 
and  close  to  railroads,  in  best  part  of  Sumter 
County. 

Farmers  from  Indiana,  Michigan,  Ohio,  Mis- 
souri, Pennsylvania  and  other  states,  located 
here,  are  well  pleased. 

For  Full  Information  Write 

j McCAIN  & SMITH 

LIVINGSTON, ALABAMA 

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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 


TALLADEGA  COUNTY 


By  MRS.  CARRIE  M.  HARRELL,  Chandler  Springs,  Ala. 


T-  1ALLADEGA  COUNTY  presents  some  of  the 
most  interesting  physical  characteristics  in 
= ■ Alabama.  The  eastern  part  is  mountainous,  the 

I iliSiPiiSI  highest  point  being  2,000  feet  above  sea  level 
| 1 with  numerous  elevations  of  1,000  feet  or  more. 

| Three-fourths  of  the  entire  area  lies  in  the  valley  of  the 
| Coosa,  the  numerous  subsidiary  streams  draining  into 
i that  river. 

1 Everywhere  is  timber  of  superior  quality  and  in  great 
| variety;  oak  of  different  kinds,  beech,  poplar,  sycamore 
| and  gum.  The  county  is  also  noted  for  its  minerals — 
| gold,  copper,  manganese,  mica  and  marble. 

| There  is  no  better  soil  and  climate  for  the  production 
| of  fruit,  such  as  apples,  peaches,  pears,  plums,  grapes, 
| figs  and  berries  of  all  kinds.  It  is  also  fine  for  truck 
1 farming  and  we  have  the  markets  of  the  world  at  our 
1 door.  No  better  country  can  be  found  for  stock  farm- 
| ing  and  dairying. 

| The  surface  is  mainly  a rich,  red  sandy  loam  and  lies 
1 in  large  tracts  that  drain  perfectly.  There  is  little  or  no 
| swampy  or  barren  land  but  a great  expanse  of  undulat- 
| ing  country,  well  watered,  covered  by  wavihg  fields  of 
| grain  and  green  pastures  interspersed  with  groves  of 
| trees. 

| Talladega  County  today  holds  many  opportunities  for 
| people  of  limited  means,  if  they  possess  brains  and  en- 
| ergy,  to  amass  a fortune.  The  value  of  the  land  de- 
| pends  largely  upon  conditions  governing  the  locality. 
1 Prices  range  from  three  to  sixty  dollars  per  acre.  There 
1 are  now  some  improved  lands  in  good  locations  which 
| can  be  bought  for  five  dollars  per  acre. 

| The  seasons  are  delightful,  the  summers  being  long 
.§  and  ideal  with  nights  cool  enough  to  require  blankets  for 
| comfort.  The  winters  are  mild,  and  although  we  have 
| frost  at  times  there  is  seldom  any  snow. 

| The  country  is  so  plentifully  supplied  with  wild  game 
1 as  to  make  hunting  and  fishing  interesting  sport.  The 
| many  mountains,  forests,  deep  rivers  and  clear  spark- 
| ling  streams  afford  ample  protection  to  many  denizens 
| of  the  woods  and  to  a variety  of  game  fish,  such  as  bass, 
| trout  and  the  like. 

1 Horse  back  riding  through  the  forests  of  Talladega 
| County,  enlivened  by  the  song  of  birds,  is  a pleasure  not 
| to  be  forgotten,  while  tennis  and  golf  in  a land  where 
| the  brow  is  constantly  fanned  by  mountain  breezes, 
| cannot  fail  to  be  appreciated  by  old  and  young. 

I The  county  is  also  noted  for  its  many  old  and  famous 
1 summer  resorts,  where  one  can  look  about  and  view  the 


i TALLADEGA  COUNTY  CORN  CLUB  BOYS.— TERRY  MACHEN 
I MADE  160  2/3  BUSHELS  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF 

DARK  SANDY  SOIL. 


TALLADEGA  COUNTY  “FOUR-CROP”  CLUB.  THESE  BOYS  f 
PRODUCED  1,369  BUSHELS  OF  OATS  IN  1915  AND  i 

WERE  AWARDED  DIPLOMAS  OF  HONOR.  I 


grandeur  of  the  huge  blue  mountains  and  the  long  § 
stretches  of  valley  traversed  by  modern  roads.  Many  of  | 
these  resorts  have  mineral  springs  from  which  is  a con-  | 
stant  flow  of  '“Chalybeate,”  “Magnesia,”  “Sulphur,”  | 
“Alum,”  “Arsenic,”  and  “Iron”  waters.  Chandler  g 
Springs  is  the  oldest,  most  famous  and  picturesque  | 
resort  of  this  character.  The  sources  of  enjoyment  are  | 
boundless.  One  may  climb  the  creek  and  river  bluffs  | 
and  behold  scenes  of  exquisite  beauty.  Boating  on  the  | 
river  and  lakes  on  moonlight  nights  is  a popular  diver-  | 
sion  with  the  numerous  visitors  during  the  height  of  the  | 
season.  § 

The  colored  people  of  Talladega  County  are  educated  1 
above  the  average  for  the  State  and  their  presence  af-  1 
fords  a ready  supply  of  labor  that  is  a great  boon  to  | 
those  engaged  in  farming  or  manufacturing.  White  | 
people  quietly  and  purposefully  choose  the  most  ad-  | 
vanced  ideas  upon  which  to  build  for  the  future,  in  order  | 
that  their  posterity  may  keep  abreast  with  the  prosper-  § 
ity  and  progress  of  the  nation. 

TALLADEGA,  THE  COUNTY  SEAT 

Talladega  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  and  pro-  | 
gressive  towns  in  Alabama.  It  has  a population  of  | 
2,000  and  is  noted  for  its  social,  religious  and  educa-  | 
tional  facilities.  The  Town  and  County  Circle  is  com-  | 
posed  of  people  of  refined  taste,  moral  inclination,  who  | 
are  constantly  striving  for  greater  knowledge.  Their  | 
homes  possess  every  attribute  of  comfort,  beauty  and  | 
charm.  | 

While  being  supported  mainly  by  the  fine  farms  that  | 
surround  the  town  it  has  many  industrial  enterprises.  | 
Among  its  leading  factories  are  iron  furnaces,  foun-  | 
dries,  machine  shops,  cotton  mills,  knitting  mills,  | 
creameries  and  canning  plants.  1 

Talladega  has  well  built  and  attractive  churches  of  all  | 
denominations;  fine  public  schools,  schools  for  the  deaf,  | 
dumb  and  blind  and  the  Synodical  School  for  Girls;  four  § 
railroads,  the  A.  B.  & A.,  the  Great  Southern,  the  B.  | 
& A.,  and  the  Central  of  Georgia.  The  health  record  is  j 
a source  of  pride  and  the  water  supply,  gushing  in  ample  | 
quantity  from  sparkling  springs  of  the  utmost  purity.  | 
The  scenery  round  about  the  town,  due  to  numerous  | 
water  falls,  caves  and  mountain  trails,  is  most  interest-  | 
ing.  Talladega  also  furnishes  the  site  for  one  of  the  | 
largest  electric  power  plants  operated  by  the  Alabama  | 
Power  Company,  and  its  many  water  power  sites  still  | 
offer  opportunity  for  producing  sufficient  electric  cur-  g 
rent  to  drive  all  sorts  of  machinery  for  gins,  grist  mills,  | 
saw  mills  and  the  like. 

The  citizens  of  Talladega  County  take  pride  in  the  | 
claim  that  it  is  the  most  healthful,  most  enterprising  | 
and  most  picturesque  among  all  the  sixty-seven  counties  | 
of  Alabama.  1 


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PART  OF  THE  BUSINESS  SECTION  IN  TOWN  OF  LINCOLN.  ELECTRIC  LIGHTS  FOR  THE  TOWN  ARE  FURNISHED  BY  THE  S 

ALABAMA  POWER  COMPANY. 


LINCOLN 


This  growing  town  is  located  on  the  main  line  of  the 
Southern  Railway  in  the  north  end  of  Talladega  County, 
eighteen  miles  west  of  Anniston,  and  forty-five  miles 
east  of  Birmingham.  It  is  but  three  miles  from  Lock 
Four  on  the  Coosa  River  from  which  point  river  trans- 
portation may  be  used  as  far  north  as  Rome,  Ga. 

Population 

The  population  of  Lincoln  proper  consists  of  eight 
hundred  contented  and  prosperous  people  whose  moral, 
religious  and  intellectual  characteristics  will  compare 
favorably  with  that  of  any  other  town  in  the  State. 

Churches 

The  religious  interests  of  the  town  is  represented  by 
two  active  churches,  Methodist  and  Baptist,  having  well 
attended  Sabbath  schools  connected  with  each,  and  the 
surrounding  territory  is  dotted  with  churches  at  an 
average  distance  from  each  other  not  exceeding  three 
miles. 

Schools 

With  a well  equipped  public  school,  employing  three 
competent  teachers,  and  housed  in  a comfortable  and 
well  regulated  building;  with  the  Talladega  County 
High  School,  conducted  by  an  able  faculty  and  con- 
veniently housed  in  a ten  thousand  dollar  brick  building, 
constructed  according  to  the  plans  of  the  State  archi- 
tect; and  being  surrounded  with  numerous  good  rural 
schools,  Lincoln  justly  feels  proud  of  her  educational 
facilities. 

Fraternities 

The  fraternities  are  represented  by  prosperous  lodges 
of  Masons,  Odd  Fellows,  W.  0.  W.,  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias. 

Banks 

There  are  two  banks,  the  First  National  and  the  Lin- 
coln Bank  & Trust  Company,  each  with  a capital  of 
$25,000.  Through  these  progressive  institutions  the 
financial  interests  of  the  community  are  skillfully 
served.  Lincoln  may  be  congratulated  upon  the  excep- 
tional ability  and  intelligence  of  her  bankers. 


Soil 

With  Choccolocco  Creek  flowing  south  of  the  town  | 
only  three  miles  distant;  with  Blue  Eye  Creek  flowing  1 
through  the  corporate  limits  of  the  town;  with  the  Coosa  B 
River  on  the  west  and  north  at  an  average  distance  of  | 
five  miles;  and  with  the  red  lands  of  Dry  Valley  begin-  | 
ning  about  two  miles  to  the  southeast,  Lincoln  is  sur-  | 
rounded  by  a rich  agricultural  section  with  a variety  of  | 
soils  consisting  mainly  of  loam,  clay  and  gray  gravel  | 
lands.  f 

Products 

The  principal  products  are  corn,  cotton,  wheat,  oats,  | 
potatoes,  hay,  sorghum,  melons,  apples,  peaches  and  | 
strawberries.  In  fact  all  products  common  to  the  State  | 
can  be  profitably  produced  here  and  the  pecan  thrives  I 
whenever  properly  planted  and  cultivated.  But  cotton  | 
and  corn  are  the  two  leading  products. 

Trade  Territory 

As  a business  center  for  the  upper  end  of  Talladega  | 
County,  for  the  western  part  of  Calhoun  County,  and  for  g 
a large  part  of  St.  Clair  County,  Lincoln  is  an  active  | 
cotton  market  and  annually  buys  from  wagons  about  six  | 
thousand  bales.  The  town  is  also  an  excellent  produce  I 
market  which  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  boarding  g 
house  people  of  Birmingham  make  several  trips  to  the  i 
town  every  week  to  buy  supplies.  No  eggs,  chickens  or  I 
butter  are  allowed  to  remain  long  in  Lincoln.  To  give  | 
an  idea  of  the  amount  of  business  annually  transacted,  | 
it  may  be  stated  that  the  merchants  and  other  business  § 
interests  pay  to  the  Southern  Railway  annual  freight  g 
charges  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  and  have  done  so  for  1 
several  years. 

Prices  of  Land 

The  prices  of  land  within  a radius  of  five  miles  range  g 
from  twenty  to  thirty  dollars  per  acre  for  the  gray  g 
gravel  land  and  from  thirty-five  to  fifty  dollars  per  acre  | 
for  the  creek  and  red  lands  according  to  location.  But  g 
there  are  some  lands  suited  to  stock  raising  which  can  g 
be  purchased  at  a less  price. 


Stores  and  Other  Business 


Electric  Light  and  Power 


The  other  business  of  the  town  is  represented  by  one 
drug  store,  one  furniture  store,  one  hardware  store,  ten 
general  stores,  one  market,  two  livery  stables,  three 
blacksmith  shops,  two  up-to-date  gin  plants,  one  ware- 
house, one  cotton  seed  oil  mill,  one  barber  shop,  two 
grist  mills,  one  saw  mill,  one  hotel  and  one  dairy. 


The  town  is  lighted  by  electricity  and  electric  power 
is  furnished  in  any  quantity  desired,  by  the  Alabama 
Power  Company.  This  makes  Lincoln  a desirable  loca- 
tion for  a cotton  mill,  stave  mill  and  other  small  indus- 
tries and  the  citizens  of  the  town  will  extend  a helping 
hand  to  any  desirable  industry  suited  to  this  field. 


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THE  A L A B A M 



What  Lincoln  Needs 

f First.  A new  hotel,  properly  located,  suited  to  the 
1 size  of  the  town  and  under  good  management.  This  is 
I one  of  the  most  important  needs  of  Lincoln.  The  loca- 
I tion  is  ready  and  some  of  the  citizes  are  ready  to  take  a 
1 reasonable  amount  of  stock  in  a hotel  company. 

| Second.  A cotton  mill  to  manufacture  our  cotton  is 
| another  one  of  the  things  badly  needed.  A suitable 
§ location  has  already  been  secured  and  is  now  being  held 
| for  this  purpose.  In  this  enterprise  our  citizens  will 
| also  take  stock. 

i Third.  A number  of  first  class  stock  farms,  under 
| skilled  management,  as  an  object  lesson  to  our  farmers 
| on  the  subject  of  diversified  farming,  are  also  needed. 
| Lands  suitably  located  and  watered  for  such  a purpose 
I can  be  secured  at  most  reasonable  prices. 

| Fourth.  A stave  mill  or  box  factory  to  make  profita- 
1 ble  use  of  our  second  growth  pine.  There  is  enough 
| second  growth  pine  near  Lincoln  to  run  one  such  mill 
| many  years.  The  farmers  will  gladly  furnish  the  tim- 
| ber  at  attractive  prices.' 


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Fifth.  Some  energetic  truck  farmers  to  raise  vegeta-  | 
bles  and  other  farm  products  for  the  Birmingham  mar-  j 
ket.  This  will  afford  another  object  lesson  to  our  native  | 
farmers  by  showing  that  there  is  money  in  crops  other  g 
than  cotton.  This  is  one  great  need  of  the  town  and  g 
community. 

Sixth.  In  conclusion  there  are  several  other  industries  | 
which  would  pay  dividends  if  located  here  and  electric  g 
power  is  available  for  any  and  all  of  them.  The  citizens  | 
of  the  town  are  ready  to  give  the  desired  assistance  and  I 
encouragement. 

A Community  Club  composed  of  the  leading  business  | 
men  of  the  town  has  been  organized  for  the  purpose  of  j 
securing  desirable  industries  and  for  the  further  purpose  | 
of  making  a united  effort  to  do  such  things  as  would  g 
have  a tendency  to  improve  the  town  and  community.  | 

All  inquiries  will  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention  g 
if  addressed  to 

SECRETARY  COMMUNITY  CLUB, 

LINCOLN,  ALABAMA.  | 


SYLACAUGA 
Sylacauga,  a pro- 
gressive town  of 
1,800,  is  situated  in 
the  southern  end  of 
Talladega  County  at 
the  junction  of  the 
Central  of  Georgia 
and  the  L.  & N.  rail- 
roads. It  has  a num- 
ber of  important 
textile  mills,  and  a 


branch  of  the  South- 
ern Cotton  Oil  Com- 
pany. Its  banking 
facilities  are  good 
and  the  rich  sur- 
rounding farming 
communities  ac- 
count for  the  many 
active  and  success- 
ful mercantile  and 
commercial  enter- 
prises of  the  town. 


THE  KEYNOTE  OF  BANK  ARCHITECTURE  IN  ALABAMA  ! 

COMBINE  STRENGTH  AND  BEAUTY. 

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ATTRACTIVE  INVESTMENT  PROPOSITION 

$100.00  AN  ACRE — 300  acres  rich  Brown  Ore  land,  thor- 
oughly tested  and  proved  to  a depth  of  22  feet.  Ore  accord- 
ing to  assay  runs  from  45%  to  62%  pure  metallic  iron, 
j Ready  market  in  Birmingham,  48  miles  distant.  Quarter 

mile  from  railroad  station  on  large  creek  with  ample  water 
for  washing  purposes. 


G.  S.  FI^EO-AIT 


UNIONTOWN, 


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TALLAPOOSA  COUNTY 


HIS  county  was  formed  in  1832  and  contains  760 
square  miles.  The  Tallapoosa  River  bisects  the 
county  but  is  not  navigable.  The  upland  soil  is 
gray  and  red.  Wheat  is  said  to  produce  better 
in  this  county  than  in  any  other  in  the  State. 
Most  of  the  cotton  is  made  in  the  southern  precincts, 
where  the  land  is  loamy.  The  best  grain  lands  yield 
from  30  to  40  bushels  of  corn  to  the  acre.  There  is  a 
notable  orchard  of  100  acres  near  Alexander  City  from 
which  apples  are  shipped  in  car  load  lots. 

There  is  abundant  water  power  in  different  parts  of 
the  county.  In  the  southern  section  are  the  famous  Tal- 
lapoosa Falls,  where  the  power  is  estimated  at  30,000 
horsepower.  The  inclination  is  fifty  feet  and  the  water 
rushes  over  the  declivity  at  great  speed  and  for  a dis- 
tance of  1,000  feet  or  more.  The  immense  quantity  of 
granite  in  the  vicinity  and  the  splendid  long  leaf  pine 
forests  near  by  are  interesting. 

Like  many  other  of  the  counties  of  Alabama  the  min- 
erals of  Tallapoosa  are  varied  and  abundant.  Consid- 
erable gold  has  been  dug  from  more  than  one  pit.  Some 
silver  has  been  discovered.  At  one  place  mica  has  been 
found  in  large  deposits.  Asbestos  and  emory  have  been 
found  and  soapstone  exists  in  great  quantity. 


CORN  CLUB  BOYS,  TALLAPOOSA  COUNTY. 

Tilton  Hornsby  Made  150  Bushels  on  One  Acre  of  Red  Loam  Upland 
Soil.  Eber  Kimbrough  was  the  First  to  Reach  a Production  of 
200  Bushels  Per  Acre;  His  Father,  A.  L.  Kimbrough, 

Was  County  Demonstration  Agent. 


On  the  Tallapoosa  in  this  county  was  fought  the  great 
battle  of  Horse  Shoe  Bend  which  was  won  by  General 
Jackson  from  the  Creek  Indians,  whose  power  was  thus 
finally  destroyed. 

Dadeville,  a flourishing  town,  is  the  county  seat. 
Alexander  City,  Dadeville,  Camp  Hill  and  Daviston  are 
attractive  and  progressive  towns. 

There  are  128  members  of  the  Boys’  Corn  Club  in 
Tallapoosa  County  and  E.  A.  Kimbrough,  of  Alexander 
City,  a youth  of  seventeen  years,  produced  224%  bush- 
els of  corn  on  one  acre  of  alluvial  soil.  He  won  the  first 
premium,  $250.00,  awarded  by  the  State  for  the  largest 
yield  of  corn  from  one  acre. 


SAMPLE  OF  THE  232  39/66  BUSHELS  OF  MOSBY’S  PROLIFIC 
CORN  PRODUCED  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  TALLAPOOSA 
COUNTY  LAND,  BY  WALKER  L.  DUNSON. 


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TUSCALOOSA  COUNTY 


By  MISS  EMMA  STEWART  CARD,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 


USCALOOSA  COUNTY  offers  every  inducement 
for  industrial,  commercial  and  agricultural 
progress.  The  rich  mineral  and  fertile  agri- 
cultural lands;  vast  tracts  of  virgin  timber; 
mild  climate;  the  splendid  manufacturing  and 
| transportation  facilities;  cheap  labor;  superior  educa- 
! tional  advantages;  and  the  progressive  and  cultured 
| people  make  it  an  ideal  community  for  the  homeseeker 
| and  investor. 

| The  county  was  created  by  the  Territorial  Legislature 
I of  1817  and  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  State,  covering 
| 1,415  square  miles. 

1 Warrior  River 

1 The  Warrior  River  is  one  of  the  county’s  greatest 
| assets.  The  United  States  government  has  expended 
| twenty  millions  of  dollars  in  improvements  on  this  great 
| waterway  and  there  is  now  a open  channel  from  Lock 
| 17  to  tidewater;  as  a result  railroad  freight  rates  to 
| New  Orleans  and  Mobile  have  been  reduced  20%.  Why 
I should  not  the  National  government  utilize  the  unlim- 
| ited  power  of  the  Warrior  dams  for  the  proposed  nitrate 
| and  armor  plate  plants  in  addition  to  the  proposed  im- 
| provements  on  the  Tennessee  River  at  Muscle  Shoals? 
| Tuscaloosa  offers  many  practical  reasons  as  the  logical 

1 Minerals 

| The  minerals  of  Tuscaloosa  are  of  great  value.  Given 
| in  order  of  their  importance  they  are  coal,  iron  ore,  clay, 
| limestone,  ochre  and  a few  others  like  manganese,  oxide 
| or  pyrolusite,  which  is  found  near  Vance  in  commercial 
| quantities. 

| Four  seams  of  coal,  two,  four,  six  and  eight  feet  thick 
| underlie  the  upper  half  of  the  county.  Red  iron  ore  is 
I confined  to  the  valley  of  the  Warrior,  where  it  is  found 
| in  irregular  deposits,  generally  in  red  clay.  From 
| Woodstock  south  to  Vance  brown  ore  is  abundant  and  is 
I mined  at  a number  of  places. 

| Limestone  and  Clay 

j There  is  no  county  in  Alabama  that  excels  Tuscaloosa 
| in  the  abundant  variety  and  good  quality  of  its  clays. 
1 Clay  from  white  porcelain  to  red  brick  is  a characteristic 
| mineral  of  the  geological  stratum  known  as  the  Tusca- 
| loosa  formation. 

| The  most  important  limestone  quarry  is  at  Vance. 
| This  rock  is  used  in  the  iron  furnace  at  Holt  for  fluxing 
| the  ore.  In  the  clay  belt  there  are  also  several  deposits 
I of  ochre. 

Portland  Cement  and  Coke 

| There  is  also  in  this  county  a rare  assemblage  of  the 
| constituent  elements  used  in  making  Portland  cement. 


A bridge  of  native  cement  spans  the  Warrior  River  at  | 
Tuscaloosa.  | 

The  county  ranks  second  in  the  State  in  coke  produc-  | 
tion.  From  869  ovens,  340,370  tons  of  coke  were  pro-  | 
duced  in  1915.  Since  the  improvement  of  the  Warrior  | 
River  and  the  completion  of  the  Tuscaloosa  Mineral  | 
Railway,  the  mineral  section  is  being  rapidly  developed  | 
and  in  the  hills  along  the  Warrior  lies  undreamed  of  | 
wealth.  The  supply  of  coal  alone  is  practically  unlim-  | 
ited. 


FIRST  ALL-WATER-ROUTE  SHIPMENT  FROM  NEW  YORK  TO  I 
TUSCALOOSA  AFTER  COMPLETION  OF  LOCK  17. 

Timber  and  Lumber  Interests  I 

Eighty  different  kinds  of  timber  are  found  in  the  vast  1 
forests  of  Tuscaloosa.  Between  North  River  and  the  | 
Warrior  River  lies  a body  of  virgin  timber  extending  to  1 
the  banks  of  Yellow  Creek  near  Oregonia.  This  is  prac-  j 
tically  all  long  leaf  pine  but  short  leaf  and  hardwood  1 
also  abound.  The  poplar  in  this  territory  is  unusually  | 
fine.  West  of  this  upland  territory  lies  the  long  valley  | 
of  the  Sipsey.  It  is  heavily  timbered  with  oak,  gum  and  g 
hickory.  In  the  bottoms  of  Big  Sandy  Creek  and  the  g 
Warrior  River  is  found  some  excellent  white  oak.  Tim-  | 
ber  rights  to  lands  in  this  county  can  be  bought  very  1 
reasonably  and  most  of  the  logs  can  be  rafted  or  barged  g 
down  creeks  and  rivers  to  the  mills  near  Tuscaloosa. 

The  largest  of  the  many  lumber  plants  is  the  huge  mill  | 
of  the  Kaul  Lumber  Company  just  south  of  Tuscaloosa.  | 
This  company  has  control  of  70,000  acres  of  timberland,  1 
estimated  sufficient  to  supply  this  mill  with  logs  for  g 
thirty  years  at  a daily  capacity  of  170,000  feet.  During  g 
the  financial  depression  fifty  mills  in  the  Tuscaloosa  dis-  | 
trict  continued  at  work. 


, LOCK  17l  0N.  ™E  blaCK  WARRIOR  RIVER  NEAR  TUSCALOOSA;  COMPLETED  MAY  13,  1915,  AT  A COST  OF  $3,750,000 
Lock  i7  is  the  Finishing  Touch  to  Opening  All-Year-Round  Navigation  from  Cordova,  Ala.,  to  the  Gulf  on  an  Inland  Waterway  of  More 
Inan  450  Miles.  The  back  water  from  the  65-foot  dam  of  Lock  17  Forms  Bankhead  Lake,  an  Expanse  of  Water  Covering  Miles  in 
Area.  The  Warrior  River  is  One  of  the  Largest  Canalized  Rivers  in  the  World. 


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Labor  Supply 

| Very  little  foreign  labor  is  employed.  Negro  labor  is 
| used  practically  altogether.  Wages  paid  for  common 
I labor  here  are  much  lower  than  manufacturers  are  com- 
| pelled  to  pay  further  north. 

| Three  large  rivers  and  several  important  creeks  flow 
| through  Tuscaloosa,  which,  together  with  an  average 
| rainfall  of  fifty  inches,  make  it  an  exceedingly  well- 
| watered  section.  The  climate  is  ideal.  The  winters  are 
| mild  and  the  summers  rarely  oppressive.  The  average 
| temperature  is  sixty  degrees. 

1 Soils  and  Crops 

| Three  quarters  of  a million  acres  of  land  await  devel- 
| opment  and  will  produce  anything  that  grows.  Tusca- 
| loosa  has  sixty  varieties  of  soil,  more  than  any  other 
| county  in  the  State. 

| For  many  years  cotton  was  the  chief  production,  but 
| planters  are  finding  that  scientific  farming  may  be  pur- 
| sued  in  this  section  to  perfection.  The  hills  lying  near 
I the  Warrior  are  ideal  spots  for  vineyards  of  scupper- 
| nong  grapes,  from  which  a superior  wine  is  produced; 
| apples  of  an  excellent  quality  can  also  be  grown  in  these 
| hills. 

| River  and  creek  bottom  lands  are  being  used  for  pecan 
| culture.  They  will  also  easily  produce  sixty  bushels  of 
| corn  to  the  acre.  Melons,  grapes,  plums  and  strawber- 
| ries  are  a source  of  profit.  Peach  and  pear  yields  are 
| especially  good.  Every  farmer  produces  potatoes,  rib- 
§ bon  and  sorghum  cane,  oats,  rye  and  field  peas.  Japan 
I clover  when  properly  cured  makes  an  excellent  forage 
| crop;  a mixture  of  crab  grass  and  pea  vines  make  the 
| important  hay  crop  of  Tuscaloosa.  Alfalfa,  bur  clover, 
| velvet  and  soy  beans,  millet,  etc.,  can  be  produced  in  all 
I parts  of  the  county. 

| Breeding  fancy  poultry,  bee  culture  and  raising  sheep 
| and  goats  are  exceedingly  profitable  vocations. 


Stock  Raising 

Herds  of  cattle  and  hogs  feed  on  the  year  round  pas-  1 
tures  of  Tuscaloosa.  Tuscaloosa  has  during  the  past  1 
year  constructed  one  hundred  dipping  vats  and  has  now  | 
a total  of  two  hundred  and  seven. 

The  model  farm  of  the  Warrior  Agricultural  Compa-  1 
ny  near  Fosters,  and  the  West  Alabama  Fair  held  at  1 
Tuscaloosa  every  fall,  are  striking  advertisements  of  | 
what  can  be  produced  on  Tuscaloosa  land.  Last  year  | 
the  Tuscaloosa  County  Truckers  Association  was  formed  1 
to  facilitate  the  marketing  of  crops. 

Tuscaloosa  has  good  roads  kept  in  repair  by  convict  | 
labor.  In  1915  several  miles  of  model  highway  were  | 
built  on  the  Huntsville,  Byler  and  Greensboro  roads. 

There  are  one  hundred  white  and  fifty-six  negro  coun-  | 
ty  public  schools;  all  of  which  are  graded,  eighty-seven  | 
being  equipped  with  modern  conveniences.  Every  school  | 
was  visited  more  than  once  by  the  State  Superintendent  g 
of  Education  and  his  assistant  last  term. 

The  farmer  is  brought  in  close  touch  with  his  neigh-  | 
bors  and  the  markets  by  the  aid  of  the  telephone  and  | 
rural  free  delivery.  The  citizens  are  industrious  and  | 
wide-awake.  In  a word  Tuscaloosa  is  opportunity;  not  | 
that  fabled  party  of  old  who  tarried  scarcely  long  enough  | 
to  extend  an  invitation,  but  a lingering,  pleading  oppor-  | 
tunity  knocking  repeatedly  on  one’s  door. 

TRY  TUSCALOOSA 

Detailed  information  about  Tuscaloosa  County  may  be  | 
obtained  by  writing  to 

THE  COUNTY  BOARD  OF  REVENUE: 

Hon.  W.  W.  Brandon,  Judge  of  Probate,  Chairman. 

Mr.  A.  B.  Clements,  Commissioner,  1st  District. 

Mr.  R.  H.  Williamson,  Commissioner,  2nd  District. 

Mr.  John  Henry  Ryan,  Commissioner,  4th  District. 

Mr.  H.  T.  Burks,  Commissioner,  3rd  District. 

Tuscaloosa,  Alabama.  § 


THE  CITY  OF  TUSCALOOSA 


A Modern  Community 


By  DR.  GEORGE  LITTLE,  General  Secretary  Board  of  Trade. 


Note. — The  late  John  T.  Morgan,  addressing  students 
of  the  University  of  Alabama  several  years  ago  in  Tus- 
caloosa used  the  following:  “Young  gentlemen,  you  are 
standing  upon  a spot  above  all  others  more  favored  by 
nature  than  any  place  on  the  globe.” 

In  May,  1916,  the  city  of  Tuscaloosa  celebrated  her  one 
hundredth  anniversary.  But  the  Tuscaloosa  of  today 
looks  forward,  not  backward — Tuscaloosa  belongs  to  the 
New  South,  not  to  the  Old — Tuscaloosa  in  essential 
spirit  is  wholly  modern,  and  the  modern  Tuscaloosa 
knows  itself  stronger  and  better  than  the  old — feels  the 
current  of  its  new  life  at  once  broader  and  quicker  than 
was  ever  that  of  the  old.  It  may  be  conceded  that  as  the 
best  of  our  old  houses  are  better  than  the  best  of  the 
new,  but  none  the  less  the  Tuscaloosa  of  today  is  a bet- 
ter and  stronger  community  than  was  ever  the  Tusca- 
loosa of  our  fathers  or  of  our  grandfathers.  It  is  not 
merely  that  the  community  is  stronger  in  numbers  nor 
that  the  general  average  of  its  individual  members  is 
higher,  though  both  are  true.  In  the  Tuscaloosa  of  to- 
day there  is  a new  and  higher  community  spirit — there 
is  a new  and  stronger  cohesion — a new  and  greater 
power  of  association  and  co-operation — the  New  South 
exalts  the  community  where  the  Old  South  exalted  the 
individual. 

Good  Roads 

We  have  1,345  miles  of  good  public  roads.  There 
were  fewer  miles  before  the  war,  and  they  were  all  bad. 
Even  the  single  bridge  across  the  Warrior  at  Tusca- 
loosa, joining  the  two  halves  of  the  county,  which  was 
burned  by  the  Federal  cavalry  in  1865,  was  the  property 
of  neither  city  nor  county,  but  owned  by  a private  com- 
pany; and  it  was  little  more  than  twenty  years  ago  that 
the  county  ceased  to  collect  toll  on  that  now  standing. 
When  the  Tuscaloosa  owner  of  a stage-coach  line  wished 


to  better  its  passage  through  a wide  swamp,  he  obtained 
a franchise  and  himself  raised  the  causeway  yet  known 
as  Sipsey  Turnpike. 

Now  all  our  roads  and  bridges  are  free,  and  all  are 
good;  the  county  supplementing  the  old  “road  duty”  im- 
posed upon  the  individual  citizen  with  an  annual  appro- 
priation of  $60,000,  to  which  in  the  present  year  has 
been  added  from  county  and  state  funds  combined  $40,- 
000  more,  for  the  building  of  permanent  model  sections 
on  four  main  highways  using  the  fine  road-making  ma- 
terial abundantly  provided  by  nature — the  best  of  ce- 
menting clay  gravel.  And  with  its  treasury  now  carry- 
ing a considerable  surplus  or  reserve,  the  county  is 
ready,  without  increase  of  either  property  valuations  or 
its  tax  rate,  now  for  all  purposes  three-quarters  of  one 
per  cent,  to  raise  its  annual  appropriation  for  road  main- 
tenance and  improvement  to  $80,000,  and  to  continue 
this  without  issuing  a single  bond,  until  the  whole  sys- 
tem is  made  perfect. 

Public  Buildings 

Until  within  the  last  decade  Tuscaloosa  County  had 
never  built  a court  house,  but  used  buildings  only 
roughly  re-adapted  for  public  use — the  earlier  one  put 
up  by  the  Odd  Fellows,  the  later  by  the  Masons,  who 
retained  their  hold  upon  the  upper  story,  indeed,  until 
the  antiquated  and  unsightly  structure  that  stood  on 
the  site  of  the  Alston  building  was  abandoned  for  our 
present  beautiful  county  court  house,  nobly  designed  and 
splendidly  adapted  to  its  use.  It  would  be  unfair  to 
contrast  our  new  postoffice  with  those  that  went  before, 
but  it  is  not  unjust  to  recall  that  the  gap  between  our 
present  city  hall — though  built  nearly  thirty  years  ago 
— and  its  wooden  predecessor  upon  the  same  site  was  as 
wide  as  that  between  the  old  and  the  new  court  house. 


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| In  the  old  days  its  accepted  functions  were  to  light  a 
1 few  feebly  burning  street  lamps;  to  keep  up  some  few 
| public  wells  and  cisterns  placed  in  the  middle  of  the 
| broader  streets  in  the  business  section  to  supply  water 
| for  putting  out  fires;  to  maintain  the  public  wagon 
| scales;  and  to  suppress  that  “disorderly  conduct” 

| which  filled  a large  place  in  the  old  municipal  ordi- 
| nances,  and  seems  chiefly  to  have  given  occupation  to 
| both  marshal  and  mayor,  while  the  streets  took  care  of 
| themselves,  and  the  orderly  inhabitants  ministered  to 
| their  own  necessities  in  the  way  of  light,  water  and 
| sewerage  with  pretty  much  the  same  independence  of 
1 governmental  control  and  disregard  of  one  another  as  is 
| yet  illustrated  by  our  country  cousins.  Now  our  many 
| common  and  interdependent  interests  and  duties  as 
| townsmen,  are  controlled  and  enforced  by  an  efficient 
| city  commission  of  three  members,  while  a large  and 
| active  Board  of  Trade,  composed  of  public  spirited  citi-  u.  s.  federal  building  at  TUSCALOOSA, 

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zens  serving  as  volunteer  “soldiers  of  peace,’”  affords  a 
forum  for  the  discussion  of  all  municipal  problems  and 
for  the  moulding  and  expression  of  public  sentiment, 
constituting  a true  representative  assembly  of  the  peo- 
ple to  keep  alive  that  active  interest  in  public  affairs 
without  which  no  form  of  government  can  long  remain 
efficient;  in  its  own  sphere  signally  illustrating  the 
power  of  organized  and  co-operative  work  as  against 
individual  and  isolated  effort;  and  supplying  in  its  spa- 
cious rooms  a civic  center  in  which  meet  more  than 
twenty  other  associations  working  for  community  uplift. 
And,  though  yet  remaining  under  the  limitations  of  a 
tax  rate  only  one-half  of  one  per  cent  levied  upon  a 
property  valuation  only  sixty  per  cent  of  actual  value, 
the  city  of  Tuscaloosa  is  discharging  as  best  it  may,  and 
considering  these  limitations,  with  remarkable  success — 
all  the  obligations  assumed  by  the  modern  municipali- 
ty. It  maintains  in  good  condition  sixty-four  miles  of 
streets,  with  three  miles  fully  paved  or  paved  and 
parked,  and  with  twenty  miles  of  concrete  sidewalks. 
These  streets  are  well  lighted  by  electricity,  which  also 
propels  through  them  the  modern  trolley  car,  and  is  sup- 
plied to  private  consumers  at  nine  cents  per  kilowat 
hour.  Franchises  already  granted  are  now  being  exer- 
cised to  bring  through  them  to  the  citizen  the  further 
convenience  of  gas  at  ninety  cents  per  thousand  cubic 
feet.  They  are  also  well  sewered  and  otherwise  drained. 
The  water  works  are  municipally  owned,  and  have  re- 
cently been  greatly  increased  in  both  capacity  and  effi- 
ciency of  service,  and  supplied  with  a modern  filtration 
plant,  securing  a high  standard  of  purity,  which  with 
the  aid  of  extended  sewerage,  strictly  enforced  sanitary 
regulations,  and  a garbage  incinerating  plant,  has  oper- 
ated to  eliminate  typhoid  fever,  formerly  much  dreaded. 


The  Future  Assured 


With  these  great  and  varied  natural  resources,  with 
an  active  and  educated  people  now  organized  and  disci- 
plined in  co-operation,  and  under  the  immediate  influ- 
ence of  a great  progressive  University  entering  inti- 
mately into  its  life;  with  the  present  consummation  of 
the  work  of  a generation  in  the  opening  to  navigation  of 
its  splendid  river  coincident  with  the  cutting  of  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  to  which  the  commerce  of  the  world 
has  looked  forward  through  all  the  centuries  since  its 
discovery;  it  cannot  be  doubted  that  the  recent  advance 
of  Tuscaloosa,  consistent  and  considerable  as  it  has 
been,  only  faintly  forecasts  the  far  greater  growth  im- 
pending. Tuscaloosa  is  about  to  become  one  of  the 
greater  cities  not  merely  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  but 
of  the  whole  South. 

Atlanta  is  a city  of  a hundred  and  fifty  thousand  peo- 
ple built  in  the  poor  red  hills  of  north  Georgia,  which 
yield  neither  coal  nor  iron,  by  the  spirit  of  the  New 
South,  first  voiced  by  Sidney  Lanier  and  Henry  Grady, 


Municipal  Government 


TUSCALOOSA  COUNTY  COURT  HOUSE. 


| Public  Schools 

| Alabama  had  a public  school  system  before  the  war, 
1 but  if  in  all  Tuscaloosa — county  or  city — there  is  a pub- 
1 lie  school  building  that  goes  back  to  that  period,  its 
| location  is  unknown  to  the  present  generation.  And  the 
| system  would  seem  to  have  made  only  such  impression 
| on  that  generation  of  young  Alabamians  as  might  cor- 
| respond  with  the  structures  in  which  its  work  was  done 
I —its  stamp  was  lightly  impressed  and  soon  effaced.  In 
| the  city  there  were  indeed  some  good  private  schools, 
| but  they  were  dependent  upon  the  individuality  of  the 
| teachers  establishing  them,  and  in  general  had  neither 
| fixed  abode,  nor  usefulness  continued  beyond  the  span  of 
1 a single  life.  Now  the  city  has  a splendid  system  of 
1 graded  public  schools  leading  up  through  an  efficient 
1 high  school  to  the  university,  while  the  country  is  press- 
| ing  hard  behind  the  town,  also  having  the  grading  sys- 
| tern,  the  new  suggestion  of  school  consolidation,  school 
I improvement  associations  already  in  almost  every  dis- 
| trict,  and  a county  high  school  just  ahead. 


g The  University 

| In  the  old  days  it  was  in  numbers  and  in  influence 
| little  above  the  small  denominational  colleges  which  ac- 
| tively  competed  with  it,  impoverished  and  half-starved 

I as  it  was  by  the  very  state  that  had  founded  it;  while 
| Alabama’s  sons  in  larger  number  scattered  to  the  col- 
| leges  of  North  and  South.  Now  it  is  become  the  true 
| crown  of  the  State’s  educational  system,  year  by  year 
| growing  in  strength,  as  it  claims  more  and  more  of  Ala- 

II  bama’s  sons  and  daughters,  until  it  gives  promise  to 
| repeat  the  history  made  by  the  great  state  universities 
I of  the  West,  which  in  numbers  and  influence  have  out- 
| stripped  all  others  in  their  section  and  have  come  to 
| challenge  the  supremacy  as  national  institutions  of  the 
| older  Eastern  universities. 


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working  with  railroads  only.  Birmingham,  beginning 
later,  built  in  the  hills  of  north  Alabama,  which  yield 
coal  and  iron,  working  with  railroads  also,  is  now  chal- 
lenging Atlanta’s  lead  and  will  outstrip  it.  Tuscaloosa 
with  more  coal  and  iron  than  Birmingham,  and  with 
resources  of  natural  gas  and  oil,  of  timber  and  clay,  and 
of  fertile  soil  not  shared  by  either  Atlanta  or  Birming- 
ham, working  with  river  as  well  as  with  railroads,  must 
surpass  them  both.  For  Tuscaloosa  at  the  last,  this 


greater  thing  has  been  reserved — to  be  the  Pittsburgh 
and  the  Cincinnati  of  the  South  in  one. 

For  more  detailed  information  concerning  Tuscaloosa, 
the  trade  and  industrial  capital  of  west  Alabama,  and  a 
handsome  booklet  filled  with  illustrations,  maps  and 
interesting  descriptive  text,  address 

George  Little,  General  Secretary 
BOARD  OF  TRADE 
Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 


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TUSCALOOSA  COUNTY  PLANTATIONS  ARE  BEST 


BECAUSE 


LAND  IS  CHEAP 
SOIL  IS  PRODUCTIVE 
RAILROAD  RATES  ARE  FAVORABLE 
LABOR  IS  PLENTIFUL 

IDEAL  FOR  BOTH  STOCK  RAISING  AND  FARMING 
COMMUNITY  IS  PROGRESSIVE 


I Have  For  Sale  Several  Large  Plantations  (1,500  Acres 
and  up ) at  Attractive  Prices 


C.  H.  PENICK 

ALSTON  BUILDING,  TUSCALOOSA,  ALA. 

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ATTRACTIVE  PROPOSITION  I 


Fine  tract  of  1,300  acres  level  black  loam  soil  in  the  heart  | 

of  the  alfalfa  section.  [ 

500  acres  in  hardwood  timber,  balance  under  cultivation 
or  in  fine  pastures  of  Johnson  and  Bermuda  grass.  Over- 
flowing artesian  well. 

Situated  on  the  line  between  Pickens  and  Sumter,  two  of  | 

the  best  diversified  farming  and  stock  raising  counties  in  I 

Alabama.  | 

Only  two  miles  from  Dancy  or  three  from  Cochran,  both  § 

towns  on  the  Alabama,  Tennessee  and  Northern  Railroad, 

where  there  are  churches  and  public  schools.  I 

A clear  title  with  no  encumbrance  and  can  be  bought  1 

FROM  OWNERS  on  easy  terms.  § 

For  Further  Particulars  Address  j 

MRS.  ANNIE  COOK  MAXWELL  | 

2521  Sixth  Street,  TUSCALOOSA,  ALABAMA.  J 


WALKER  COUNTY 


COUNTY  of  liberal  dimensions,  820  square 
miles  with  irregular  boundries.  It  is  very  in- 
teresting in  its  diversity  of  natural  resources, 
coal  and  iron  being  almost  inestimable  in  extent. 
Amidst  the  rugged  general  surface  under 
which  the  coal  seams  lie  there  are  benches  or  plateaus 
of  agricultural  soil,  where  many  well  ordered  and  pros- 
perous farms  are  found.  Cotton,  corn  and  the  small 
grains  thrive  there  and  live  stock  is  bred  to  a large  ex- 
tent. It  is  certain  that  a substantial  part  of  the  food 
necessary  for  the  expected  industrial  population  can  be 
produced  within  the  county. 

There  is  an  ample  supply  of  water  for  all  purposes, 
including  manufactories,  lumber  mills  not  omitted. 
Grist  mills,  saw  mills,  mills  and  manufactories  for  sash, 
blinds  and  doors. 

At  or  about  South  Lowell,  there  is  an  area  25  miles  by 
10  miles  of  long  leaf  pine,  penetrated  by  the  Black  War- 
rior River.  This  is  a bee-hive  of  manufacturing  indus- 
try. 

Jasper  is  the  county  seat.  The  growing  wealth  of  the 
place  has  made  it  a railroad  center,  and  rail  transporta- 
tion facilities  are  ample.  Schools  and  churches  are 
maintained  with  commendable  liberality. 

The  Alabama  Power  Company  is  now  building  a 
$2,000,000  power  plant  which  is  expected  to  revolution- 
ize the  industrial  and  manufacturing  conditions  of 


EDGAR  STAGGS,  OF.  WALKER  COUNTY,  MADE  101  51/56  I 
BUSHELS  OF  CORN  ON  ONE  ACRE  OF  FINE 
SANDY  BOTTOM  SOIL. 

Walker  County  and  to  make  of  Jasper  a city  of  the  ut-  | 
most  importance  as  an  industrial  and  commercial  center.  | 


If  you  would  touch  the  potential  purchasing  power  of  Alabama,  reach  it  through  the  State’s  greatest  institu-  g 
tion  for  enlightenment  and  uplift — the  newspapers. 


You  are  especially  invited  to  visit  the  Alabama  Booth  at  the  Chicago  Herald’s  Permanent  Bureau  of  Indus-  g 
tries  and  Natural  Resources,  corner  Clark  and  Randolph  streets. 


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WASHINGTON  COUNTY 


| I1..  . »iHILE  this  is  one  of  the  oldest  counties  in  the 
| State  it  has  not  had  the  phenomenal  growth 

| —i  - !_■  that  some  other  counties  have  enjoyed,  owing 
1 to  the  fact  that  it  was  originally  so  richly 

I ' endowed  with  natural  resources.  Anomalous 

3 as  this  may  sound  it  is  none  the  less  true. 

| A few  years  ago  Washington  County  was  almost  an 
| unbroken  expanse  of  virgin  long  leaf  yellow  pine  for- 
| est.  The  exploiting  of  timber  lands  do  not  tend  towards 
1 intensive  development.  Until  a few  years  ago  the  people 
1 were  too  busy  reaping  the  rich  harvest  of  wealth  rep- 
! resented  by  these  thousands  of  acres  of  magnificent  for- 
1 ests  to  wonder  what  resources  lay  waiting  underneath 
| the  soil  for  the  explorer  to  discover, 

| In  the  last  few  years,  however,  the  people  are  turning 
1 their  attention  more  to  agricultural  pursuits,  for  while 
| this  county  still  has  great  wealth  in  timber  and  naval 
| material,  these  sources  of  revenue  are  showing  signs  of 
| depletion  and  the  people  are  coming  to  realize  the  oppor- 
! tunities  which  the  soil  offers. 

Soils 

| The  greater  portion  of  the  lands  of  Washington 
| County  are  of  the  upland  variety,  though  there  is  a com- 
| paratively  small  acreage,  known  as  “bottom  land”  which 
1 is  very  fertile  and  suitable  for  raising  cotton  and  corn 
1 without  fertilizer.  The  highlands  while  not  naturally 
1 so  fertile,  have  the  advantage  of  offering  a sure  crop 
1 every  year  and  they  are  very  susceptible  to  intensive 
| cultivation,  and  intelligent  rotation.  Most  of  the  up- 
| lands  have  to  be  fertilized,  but  they  respond  quickly  and 
1 build  up  most  remarkably.  The  uplands  consist  mostly 
| of  sandy  loam  of  varying  character,  ranging  from  quite 
| light  and  sandy  in  some  localities  to  extremely  heavy  in 
1 others,  generally  underlaid  by  a good  clay  subsoil,  and 
| broken  in  some  localities  by  areas  of  chocolate  loam  and 
| gray  hammock. 

| Stock  Raising 

| It  is  the  general  opinion  of  successful  farmers  and 
| business  men  in  this  county  that  one  of  its  most  won- 
| derful  opportunities,  one  that  has  been  very  much  neg- 
! lected,  is  in  the  raising  of  cattle  and  hogs.  Cattle  do 
1 well  on  the  native  grasses  during  a large  part  of  the 
| year  and  native  stock  run  wild  throughout  the  entire 
| year. 

| Washington  County  has  not  as  yet  passed  a compul- 
| sory  dipping  law  but  private  vats  are  being  built  all 


A PECAN  ORCHARD. 


over  the  county  and  well  informed  men  state  that  in  one  | 
or  two  years  the  sentiment  will  have  reached  the  stage  | 
where  this  law  will  be  demanded.  Hay  crops  such  as  | 
peas,  velvet  beans,  soy  beans,  and  many  other  crops  can  | 
be  easily  grown  for  winter  feed  and  silos  are  coming  to  | 
be  recognized  as  profitable  investments.  Thus  winter  | 
feed  for  cattle  can  be  easily  provided  for,  even  though  f 
it  may  not  be  absolutely  necessary  practical  men  agree  g 
it  is  better  and  more  profitable  to  feed  them  during  the  | 
midwinter  season.  The  velvet  bean  is  coming  into  its  I 
own  in  this  county  and  is  being  grown  on  every  farm.  | 
It  is  recognized  as  a splendid  stock  food,  and  is  the  best  | 
soil  restorer  we  have.  Both  crimson  and  bur  clover  are  | 
grown  successfully  and  have  demonstrated  their  value  | 
both  as  winter  cover  crops  and  hay  producers. 

Hogs  do  well  here  and  it  is  possible  to  grow  feed  for  j 
them  to  harvest  for  themselves  practically  twelve  | 
months  in  the  year;  statistics  show  that  pork  can  be  g 
grown  in  southern  Alabama  for  2%  cents  per  pound.  | 
Sheep,  goats  and  chickens  thrive  in  this  county  practi-  | 
cally  without  attention. 


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Crops 


| Cotton  is  grown  to  some  extent,  but  mostly  on  the 
| lowlands.  However,  by  early  planting,  intensive  culti- 
| vation  and  fertilization,  they  are  succeeding  in  growing 
| it  in  the  highlands  in  spite  of  the  advent  of  the  boll 
I weevil.  Corn  is  being  grown  more  and  more  and  is  a 
| sure  producer.  Sugar  cane  is  a great  money  crop  and 
| produces  well  on  practically  every  sort  of  soil  found  in 
| the  county.  Oats,  especially  of  the  winter  variety,  are 
| coming  to  be  grown  more  each  year  and  are  gradually 
| taking  a place  of  prominence  among  the  crops  of  this 
| county.  Sweet  potatoes  grow  well  in  all  sections  and 
| yields  of  from  200  to  400  bushels  to  the  acre  are  com- 
| mon.  Irish  potatoes,  onions  and  cabbage  are  grown 
| profitably  as  both  summer  and  winter  crops,  and  vege- 
| tables  of  almost  every  kind  can  be  grown  at  a profit. 
| The  progressive  farmer  has  a garden  growing,  and 
| something  coming  out  of  it  for  home  use  as  well  as  for 
| market  practically  every  week  in  the  year. 

| Fruits  of  all  kinds,  especially  Satsuma  oranges  and 
| grapefruit,  are  being  grown  successfully  over  a large 
j part  of  the  county,  and  pecans  show  promise  of  being  a 
| good  money  crop  in  a few  years. 


Good  Roads 


| Washington  County  is  rapidly  coming  to  the  front  in 
| the  good  roads  movement.  It  is  expected  that  when  the 
| Jackson  Highway  is  completed  it  will  run  through 
| Washington  County  from  north  to  south  and  our  citizens 
I are  getting  ready  for  the  improvements  that  will  follow. 
| The  schools  are  advancing  rapidly,  and  a new  county 
| high  school  building  is  nearing  completion  at  Chatom, 
1 the  county  seat. 

| Last  but  not  least  Washington  County  is  known  as 
| one  of  the  most  healthful  in  the  entire  South. 


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HUNTER,  BENN  & COMPANY 


Cable  Address,  ••HUNTER,”  Mobile,  Ala. 


EXPORTERS  OF 

SAWN  AND  HEWN  PITCH  PINE 

MOBILE,  ALABAMA 

LONDON  AGENTS:  PRICE  & PIERCE,  LTD. 

27  CLEMENTS  LANE,  E.  C. 

CUT-OVER  PINE  LANDS  FOR  SALE 


BRANCH  OFFICES:  GULFPORT,  MISS.  PASCAGOULA,  MISS.  DARIEN,  GEORGIA. 


| JOHN  EVERETT  FRANK  W.  BOYKIN  | 

EVERETT  & BOYKIN 

[ NAVAL  STORES,  TIMBER  AND  FARM  LANDS 

| LUMBER  AND  CROSSTIES  I 

MOBILE,  ALA. 

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SCENE  ON  COMPANY’S  PROPERTY  AT  FAIRFORD,  ALA.  THIS  CORN,  ALTHOUGH  LITERALLY  COVERED  BY  THE 
PROLIFIC  CROP  OF  VELVET  BEANS,  PRODUCED  60  BUSHELS  PER  ACRE. 


| PREPAREDNESS 

IS  OUR  HOBBY 


We  believe  that  every  one  should  prepare  for  old  age.  The 
surest  way  to  do  this  is  to  get  a home  in  WASHINGTON  COUN- 
TY, WHERE  LAND  IS  CHEAP,  and  where  we  have  GOOD  CLI- 
MATE, GOOD  HEALTH,  GOOD  LANDS,  GOOD  RAILROAD 
FACILITIES,  GOOD  ROADS,  and  GOOD  PEOPLE. 

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PRICES  RIGHT 
TERMS  RIGHT 
TITLES  PERFECT 


TjmjT  Corn  Yielding  80  Bushels  to  the  Acre  at 
Tibbie,  Ala. 


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the  Velvet  Beans  Growing  Between 

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We  Have  Many  Thousands  of  Acres  of  Land  Suitable  for 


GENERAL  FARMING 
STOCK  RAISING 
ORCHARDS 
TRUCK  FARMING 


Get  in  Touch  with  These  Opportunities  by  Writing  to 


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INVESTIGATE  SOUTHERN  ALABAMA 


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PRODUCE  TRACK  AT  VINEGAR  BEND,  ALA.  | 

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0 YOU  know  that  every  day  is  a working  day  in  j 

Southern  Alabama,  and  that  every  season  is  a grow-  | 

ing  season?  Do  you  know  that  forage  crops  grow 
| wild  here  even  in  winter ; that  animals  need  little  shelter, 

| and  that  milk  and  meat  can  be  produced  cheaper  than  in  any  | 

| other  state?  Do  you  know  that  this  is  the  healthiest  spot  | 

| in  America;  that  numbers  of  famous  health  resorts  are  lo-  | 

cated  here?  fllf  not,  IT  IS  YOUR  DUTY  TO  INVESTI- 
GATE before  buying  land  elsewhere.  IfDon’t  rely  on  free 
advice  from  anxious  friends,  it  may  be  good  sometime,  but 
| it  is  liable  to  be  warped  by  ignorance,  malice  and  prejudice.  | 

| Have  the  courage  to  act  on  your  own  judgment — INVESTI- 

| GATE — then  ACT.  ffWe  own,  and  offer  for  sale  the  choice 

| of  50,000  acres  of  good  land,  suitable  for  general  farming, 

| dairying  and  stock-raising ; fine  for  poultry  and  bees ; no  | 

better  land  for  fruit  and  truck  in  the  United  States.  Pure 
| water,  good  drainage,  ample  rainfall.  Located  near  towns, 

| railroads  and  good  markets ; here  you  will  find  an  up-to-date 

school  system,  churches  of  all  denominations  and  most  hos-  | 

| pitable  neighbors.  We  shall  be  glad  to  entertain  coloniza- 

| tion  propositions  from  responsible  parties  to  whom  we  will 

| make  the  most  attractive  terms.  ffWe  are  lumber  manufac-  | 

| turers,  not  land  dealers.  If  interested  write : 

VINEGAR  BEND  LUMBER  CO.  CORPORATION 

VINEGAR  BEND,  ....  ALABAMA  1 


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| 40,000  ACRES  CUT-OYER  PINE  LANDS  IN  WASHINGTON  COUNTY,  ALA.  | 

THESE  ARE  OUR  OWN  LANDS,  AND  WE  WISH 
TO  SELL  DIRECT  TO  PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASERS 

These  lands  are  of  two  classes — level,  low  lands,  well  watered  and  suitable  for  pasture  all  the  \ 
| year  round.  Others  are  rolling,  well  drained,  and  suitable  for  General  Farming,  Truck  Growing  g 
| and  Fruit  Raising.  § 


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THE  MAP!! 


COWPEAS  ARE  PROFITABLE  FROM  THE  BEGINNING 
ON  CUT-OVER  LAND. 


We  are  on  the  Mobile  & Ohio,  and  Washing-  | 
ton  and  Choctaw  railroads.  None  of  these  | 
lands  over  8 miles  off  the  railroad. 

Public  roads,  public  schools,  rural  mail,  tele-  | 
phone  system  and  churches  conveniently  locat-  | 
ed.  You  will  not  be  getting  into  the  wilderness  | 
if  you  get  these  lands.  Very  little  clearing  nec-  | 
essary.  Good  farms  can  be  seen  adjoining  | 
these  lands. 


I WILL  SELL  IN  TRACTS  TO  SUIT  ANY  PURSE.  TERMS  ONE-FOURTH  | 
CASH,  AND  BALANCE  ON  LONG  TIME , IF  DESIRED.  TITLE 
PERFECT.  ABSTRACT  WITH  ALL  LANDS. 

Get  a Homeseeker’s  Ticket  at  Reduced  Price , and  Look  These 
Lands  Over , or  W rite  to  the  Owners : 

E.  W.  GATES  LUMBER  CO. 

YELLOW  PINE,  ALA. 

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MELILOTUS  HONEY— THE  MOST  DELICIOUS  IN  THE  WORLD. 

WILCOX  COUNTY 


HIS  is  another  county  of  the  black  prairie  belt 
containing  945  square  miles.  It  is  bisected  by 
the  Alabama  River  from  north  to  south,  63 
miles.  The  west  division  lying  next  to  Ma- 
rengo County,  is  lime  land  in  large  part — very 

| fertile. 

| Diversification  has  been  practiced  in  agriculture  for 
| years  on  a large  scale.  The  best  quality  of  grasses  are 
| grown  and  cattle  raising  introduced  to  a considerable 
| extent.  An  old  cotton  plantation  of  some  2,000  acres 
| has  been  converted  into  a truck  garden,  the  products 
| being  used  to  supply  a large  vegetable  canning  factory. 
| Modern  methods  and  up-to-date  machinery  gives  em- 
| ployment  to  100  employees  in  putting  up  standard  prod- 
| ucts.  The  railroad  connections  enable  the  management 
| of  this  industry  to  gain  patronage  from  remote  markets. 
| Apples,  peaches,  pears,  plums  are  prolific  orchard 
| products.  Truck  farmers  cultivate  various  crops.  Wild 


berries  are  abundant.  Grapes  grow  to  perfection  when  § 
vineyards  are  well  cared  for.  | 

There  is  found  in  the  southern  part  a peculiar  geolog-  | 
ical  condition.  The  surface  is  a dark  sand  too  thin  for  | 
cultivation.  The  subsoil  is  red,  varying  with  yellow  g 
clay.  When  this  subsoil  is  turned  up  and  mingled  with  | 
the  surface  the  combination  thus  formed  proves  produc-  | 
tive  of  fine  crops  of  cotton,  corn,  sweet  potatoes,  Irish  g 
potatoes,  sugar  cane  and  all  the  products  of  the  neigh-  | 
boring  counties.  | 

Native  grasses  and  a heavy  growth  of  cane  on  the  g 
creek  borders  encourage  the  raising  of  horses  and  mules  | 
in  addition  to  dairy  and  beef  cattle.  ^ 

Camden,  the  county  seat,  Rehoboth,  Snow  Hill,  Pine  | 

Apple  and  other  towns  are  prosperous.  At  the  county  | 
seat  and  various  other  places  schools  of  high  class  are  g 
supported.  | 


WINSTON  COUNTY 


INSTON  COUNTY  comprises  an  area  of  530 
square  miles,  was  organized  in  1850,  and  named 
in  honor  of  John  Anthony  Winston,  twice  gov- 
ernor of  Alabama. 

There  is  said  to  be  an  average  of  one  gushing 
| spring  of  freestone  water  on  each  40  acres  within  its 
| limits.  Water  in  branches  and  creeks  fed  by  perennial 
| springs  is  a feature  of  the  county.  Numerous  cataracts 
j and  rapids  occur  in  the  many  swift  flowing  streams, 
1 with  rocky  caverns  to  be  found  along  the  banks, 
i Botanists  say  the  rarest  ferns  in  the  United  States 
| grow  luxuriantly  in  the  vicinity  of  these  caverns.  The 
| wild  and  picturesque  beauty  is  hard  to  be  equalled  in 
g any  other  county.  Double  Springs,  the  county  seat,  gets 
| its  name  from  the  springs  near  by. 


Timber  of  excellent  quality  in  abundance  is  found;  g 
four  or  five  kinds  of  oak,  poplar,  beech,  holly,  chestnut,  g 
sour  gum  and  a limited  quantity  of  short  leaf  pine  are  1 
the  principal  varieties. 

There  are  some  lands  that  produce  corn,  wheat,  rye  | 
and  oats.  The  farmers  are  attached  to  the  land  and  live  g 
from  it  in  comfort.  They  respond  to  the  State  laws  and  | 
appreciate  the  school  system.  There  is  a State  High  | 
School  at  Double  Springs,  the  capital,  and  another  grad-  g 
ed  school  at  Haleyville.  Generally  the  rural  schools  | 
have  the  kind  of  buildings  recommended  by  the  State  g 
system. 

The  public  road  scheme  is  fairly  well  adopted.  There  | 
are  twenty  miles  of  good  pike  running  from  the  county  | 
seat  to  Haleyville.  | 


“SOMEWHERE  A VOICE  IS  CALLING’’— IN  WINSTON  COUNTY. 

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I 3ST-  ERIC  BELL,  SOIL  EXPERT 


Graduate  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Mechanic  Arts;  one  year  with  the  University  of  Illinois  as  a 
soil  chemist;  three  years  with  the  Alabama  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute in  soils  and  crop  investigations;  six  years  in  the  Ala- 
bama Cooperative  Soil  Survey. 

Soils  dassified  and  mapped  according  to  the  United  States 
| National  System  of  classification  and  reported  in  simple 

1 form. 

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Lands  Classified  and  Appraised  for  Subdivision 

Colonization  projects  investigated.  Agricultural  surveys. 

Special  attention  given  to  advising  and  negotiating  the  pur- 
chase of  farm  lands. 

j PERMANENT  ADDRESS:  MONTGOMERY,  ALABAMA 


REFERENCES  FURNISHED  ON  REQUEST 


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THE 


ALABAMA 


LAND 


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THE  CAPPER  COMBINATION  j 

FOR  REAL  ESTATE  ADVERTISERS  j 

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Farmers  Mail  and  Breeze — weekly 

110.000  circulation — Regular  rate  40c  per  line.  | 

Missouri  Valley  Farmer — monthly  § 

500,000  circulation — Regular  rate  $1.25  per  line.  | 

Capper’s  Weekly — weekly  | 

250.000  circulation — Regular  rate  35c  per  line. 

Nebraska  Farm  Journal — semi-monthly  | 

101.000  circulation — Regular  rate  30c  per  line.  | 

Missouri  Ruralist — semi-monthly  | 

85.000  circulation — Regular  rate  25c  per  line.  | 

Oklahoma  Farmer — semi-monthly  | 

75.000  circulation — Regular  rate  20c  per  line. 

Topeka  Sunday  Capital — weekly 

33,000  circulation — Regular  rate  5c  per  line.  1 

Combination  Rate  for  one  issue  of  each  paper,  $2.80  f 

per  line.  I 

Combination  Rate  on  yearly  contract  $1.25  per  line  per  | 

week.  I 


This  combination  gives  you  265,000  circulation  in  Kansas;  170,000  in  Missouri;  155,000  in  Oklahoma;  131,000  § 
in  Texas;  108,000  in  Nebraska;  61,000  in  Illinois;  44,690  in  Iowa;  30,000  in  Arkansas;  25,000  in  Ohio;  21,000  in  | 
Wisconsin;  20,000  in  Indiana;  19,000  in  Colorado;  14,000  in  the  Dakotas;  13,000  in  Kentucky;  12,000  in  Minnesota;  1 
10,000  in  Michigan  and  7,000  in  Tennessee,  putting  you  in  touch  with  the  best  land  market  in  the  world.  | 


READ  THESE  LETTERS 


555  INQUIRIES 

Gentlemen — In  two  and  one-half  months  I have  received  five  hun- 
dred and  fifty-five  inquiries  from  my  advertisement  in  your  eight 
papers.  I think  this  will  bring  me  about  all  I can  well  handle  this 
spring  so  I think  the  best  thing  for  me  to  do  will  be  to  stop  the 
present  advertisement  and  advertise  deeded  lands. — A.  P.  Knight, 
Jireh,  Wyo. 

GETTING  INQUIRIES  DAILY 

Gentlemen — Kindly  continue  the  ad  as  per  your  letter  of  Novem- 
ber 16th.  Am  getting  inquiries  daily. — L.  W.  Barrett,  Aldersyde, 
Alberta. 

78  INQUIRIES  FROM  6 LINES 

Gentlemen — I have  received  78  inquiries  from  the  six  line  ad 
which  I have  been  running  in  your  list  of  papers. — M.  G.  Heald, 
Real  Estate  Dealer,  Burrton,  Kan. 

REPLIES  FROM  RESPONSIBLE  PARTIES 

Gentlemen — Recently  I ran  a small  ad  for  two  issues  in  your 
paper  which  brought  results  that  were  far  above  my  expectations. 
I have  advertised  in  many  papers  but  the  results  as  tabulated  be- 
low are  far  ahead  of  anything  I ever  experienced  before.  The  best 
part  of  the  returns  is  that  the  replies  are  from  good,  responsible 
parties  and  their  replies  are  full  and  complete.  In  all  I received 
2 18  replies  as  follows:  Kansas,  191;  Missouri,  7;  Oklahoma,  6; 
Nebraska,  4 ; Iowa,  2 ; Colorado,  2 ; Arkansas,  2 ; Indiana,  1 ; Texas, 
1 ; New  Mexico,  1 ; and  Florida,  1.  I am  more  than  pleased  with 
the  above  results  and  consider  the  Farmers  Mail  and  Breeze  and 
Topeka  Sunday  Capital  sure  business  getters. — Earl  A.  Kiefer, 
Topeka,  Kan. 


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BRINGS  BEST  RESULTS  I 

Gentlemen — Please  find  enclosed  check  to  pay  for  my  advertising  = 
to  date.  I have  been  an  advertiser  for  the  last  20  years  and  have  g 
had  better  results  from  Farmers  Mail  and  Breeze  than  all  publica-  = 
tions  I ever  advertised  in.  Please  find  contract  for  renewal. — A.  A.  1 
Murray,  Westmoreland,  Kan. 

LITTLE  AD  BRINGS  INQUIRIES 

Gentlemen — Find  enclosed  check  as  per  your  statement.  The  lit-  jj 
tie  ad  is  bringing  the  inquiries. — McKee  Lumber  Co.,  Shawnee,  g 
Okla.  , I 

PROVEN  VERY  SATISFACTORY 

Gentlemen — Your  papers  have  proven  very  satisfactory  and  I will  g 
still  run  my  advertising  as  long  as  I get  results  as  in  the  past. — g 
T.  H.  Norris,  Ava,  Mo.  § 

24  LETTERS  IN  ONE  MAIL 

Gentlemen — There  will  be  no  question  of  a sale  of  the  20  acres  at  = 
$1,000  as  I received  on  yesterday’s  mail  24  letters  and  on  this  morn-  H 
ing’s  mail  21  letters  answering  this  ad  and  it  is  in  only  three  of  g 
your  publications.  I have  gotten  splendid  results  from  every  ad  I = 
have  carried  in  your  publications  so  far. — Frank  Bates,  Waldron,  v 
Ark. 

“CAPPER’S  GETS  OUR  BUSINESS’'  ' 

Gentlemen — The  results  received  from  our  advertising  in  the  g 
eight  paper  combination  have  far  exceeded  our  expectations,  and  = 
we  are  several  hundred  letters  behind  at  present.  Capper’s  gets  our  g 
business,  we  assure  you. — Black  & Pitts,  Dealers  in  Real  Estate,  § 
Waldron,  Ark.  1 

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14  lines  make  an  inch  space.  Send  in  your  copy  or  write  for  further  information. 


Address  CAPPER  FARM  PAPERS,  Topeka,  Kan. 

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THERE  ARE  1,379,163  NORWEGIANS  AND  DANES  IN 
THE  UNITED  STATES.  ABOUT  80  PER  CENT.  OF 
THEM  CAN  BE  FOUND  IN  SIX  STATES;  MINNESOTA, 
WISCONSIN,  IOWA,  ILLINOIS,  NORTH  DAKOTA  AND 
SOUTH  DAKOTA.  EVERYONE  KNOWS  THAT  THESE 
ARE  AGRICULTURAL  STATES.  THE  REASON  THAT 
SO  MANY  OF  THE  NORWEGIANS  AND  DANES  ARE 
FOUND  IN  THESE  STATES  IS  THAT  THEY  ARE 
FARMERS.  A LARGER  PERCENTAGE  OF  THE 
SCANDINAVIANS  ARE  FARMERS  THAN  ANY 
OTHER  NATIONALITY  AND  A LARGER  PERCENT- 
AGE OF  THESE  FARMERS  OWN  THEIR  FARMS 
THAN  ANY  OTHER  NATIONALITY.  IT  IS  REASON- 
ABLE TO  BELIEVE,  THEREFORE,  THAT  THEY  ARE 
THE  BEST  CLASS  OF  PEOPLE  TO  INTEREST  IN 
FARM  LAND.  THE  MOST  ECONOMICAL  AND  EFFI- 
CIENT METHOD  OF  REACHING  THEM  BY  ADVER- 
TISING IS  BY  USING  THE  SCANDINAVIAN  NEWS- 
PAPERS. THE  DECORAH  POSTEN  HEADS  THE 
LIST  WITH  A CIRCULATION  OF  OVER  42,000  SUB- 
SCRIBERS. WE  HAVE  A LARGER  CIRCULATION 
THAN  THAT  OF  ANY  OTHER  NORWEGIAN  NEWS- 
PAPER, AND  WE  KNOW  THAT  REAL  ESTATE 
ADVERTISERS  WOULD  BE  MORE  THAN  PLEASED 
WITH  RESULTS  OBTAINED  FROM  ADVERTISING  IN 
THE  DECORAH  POSTEN.  THE  RATE  IS  $1.50  PER 
INCH  FLAT.  NO  DISCOUNT  FOR  EXTRA  SPACE  OR 
NUMBER  OF  INSERTIONS.  WRITE  FOR  RATE 
CARD,  STATEMENT  OF  CIRCULATION  AND  OTHER 
INFORMATION  WHICH  WILL  BE  OF  VALUE  TO 
YOU  AS  AN  ADVERTISER. 


B.  ANUNDSEN  PUBLISHING  CO. 

DECORAH,  IOWA. 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK  I 


THE  ONE  BEST  PAPER 

For  The  Farmer  and  His  Family 


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is. 


Importance  of  Good  Cows. 


Importance  of  Good  Cows. 


Three  Years  $1.00. 

One  Year  50  Cents. 

MADE  UP  IN  DEPARTMENTS,  each  of 
vital  interest  and  value  to  the  farmer  who 
will  read  and  heed. 

PRACTICAL,  PLAIN,  every-day  talks  by 
farmers  to  farmers,  giving  experiences  with 
their  successes  as  a guide  how  to  do,  and 
failures  to  show  what  not  to  do. 

EACH  OF  THE  FOLLOWING  DEPART- 
MENTS under  editorial  charge  of  one  profi- 
cient and  practical  in  that  class  of  work. 


CROPS  AND  SOILS: — Treats  of  wheat,  corn, 
oats,  alfalfa,  forage,  and  food  crops;  also 
soils,  soil  analysis  and  conservation. 

POULTRY : — Tells  how  to  make  money  raising 
poultry;  a department  of  interest  and  prac- 
tical instruction  to  the  farmer,  the  fancier, 
and  the  amateur. 

ORCHARD  AND  GARDEN: — Fruit  growing 
and  gardening  for  home  and  market.  Plant- 
ing, pruning,  cultivation,  spraying,  market- 
ing, etc. 

DAIRYING: — A live  department  full  of  ques- 
tions and  answers;  one  of  interest  to  every 
farmer  and  stockman. 


FARM  IMPLEMENTS  AND  MACHINERY: 
— Tells  of  the  mechanical  side  of  farming, 
what  tools  are  best  for  certain  soils  and 
crops.  Covers  the  use  of  implements  from 
the  hoe  to  the  modern  tractor. 

LIVE  STOCK: — Horses,  cattle,  swine,  sheep, 
etc.  Their  handling,  marketing,  and  care  in 
health  and  disease. 

HOUSEHOLD: — A most  important  section, 
because  it  helps  in  the  development  of  the 
home.  Ideals,  suggestions  and  experiences 
of  housekeepers  and  mothers.  Short  stories, 
serial  stories,  dressmaking,  home  decora- 
tion, etc. 


The  Paper  Supreme  for  Farmers  Who  Want  to  Succeed. 


LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


Sample  Copy  Will  be  Gladly  Sent  Free  Upon  Request. 


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POWER  FARMING  is  an  illustrated  monthly  magazine,  de- 
voted entirely  to  the  interests  of  progressive  farmers  who  see  the 
advantages  and  possibilities  of  doing  all  kinds  of  farm  work  with 


mechanical  power. 

POWER  FARMING  gives 
special  attention  to  all  phases 
of  farming  with  mechanical 
power.  It  treats  of  the  most 
up-to-date  methods  and  equip- 
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as  plowing,  harrowing,  seed- 


ing, harvesting,  etc.,  and  such 
belt  work  as  threshing,  silo 
filling,  wood  sawing,  feed 
grinding,  etc.,  with  engines 
and  power  machinery.  The 
best  authorities  on  power 
farming  are  among  our  con- 
tributors. 


Subscription  Price , 1 year  50  cents ; 3 years  $1.00 
Special  Trial  Offer , 3 months  10  cents 


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WAYNE  STREET,  ST.  JOSEPH,  MICH. 


The  Magazine  of  Farming  with  Mechanical  Power 
Established  1892 


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HAS  BEEN  THE  FRIEND  AND  ADVISER 
OF  SOUTHERN  FARM  FAMILIES  FOR  MORE 
THAN  FORTY  YEARS. 

IT  NOW  GOES  REGULARLY  INTO  150,000 
FARM  HOMES  WHERE  ITS  CONSTANT  CAM- 
PAIGN FOR  BETTER  FARMING,  BETTER 
LIVE  STOCK,  AND  BETTER  LIVING  EXERTS 
A TREMENDOUS  INFLUENCE. 

IF  YOU  ARE  INTERESTED  IN  THESE 
THINGS,  ITS  TWICE-A-MONTH  VISITS  WILL 
DELIGHT  YOU. 


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THE  ALABAMA  LAND  BOOK 

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DON  FARNSWORTH  AND  ASSOCIATES  | 


WILBUR  S.  LOUNSBURY 


DON  FARNSWORTH 


PERCY  F.  MORGAN 


“THE  FARNSWORTH  PLAN” 

CREATES  AND  MAINTAINS  MEMBERSHIP  AND  EFFICIENCY 


Chambers  of  Commerce,  Boards  of  Trade,  and  other  Civic 
and  Commercial  Organizations. 


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Its 

Results 

Are 

0 

Permanent. 

Its 

Adoption 

Brings 

Civic 

and 

Commercial 

Success. 


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Through 

Perfection 

of 

Method 

It 

Costs 

Less 

Than 

Any 

Other 

System. 


LOWRY  W.  STATLER 
Who  Managed  the  Alabama  Get-Together 

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If  You  Need  Money  for  Your  Local  or  State-Wide  Organization,  Write  to 

DON  FARNSWORTH  AND  ASSOCIATES 

812-816  First  National  Bank  Building  Montgomery,  Alabama  J 

Our  Service  Created  the  Alabama  Land  Book.  = 

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